Ipoh-Born Brothers Serve Hearty $3.60 Century Egg Porridge & Spicy Hakka Mee At Hougang Hawker Stall
https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood...foong-ji-779501



We are thoroughly confused by dim sum and noodle stall Lao Foong Ji’s signboard at a Hougang kopitiam. It reads in mandarin — “Lao Foong Ji since 1992: 3rd generation descendent, currently the first generation”. Wait. What?

It turns out to be a marketing tactic; a conversation starter, if you will. For the record, ‘1992’ refers to restaurant chef-turned-hawker Jackus Foong’s birth year. The ‘3rd gen’ claim points to the fact that he and his brother were inspired by their late grandfather’s Hakka noodle recipe, while the ‘currently the first gen’ bit explains that they are, well, the first-gen owners of this new brand. Apparently, this tactic works — the bros tell 8days.sg that customers have been asking them about their unusual signboard.



Bewildering signage aside, Jackus (left in pic), 31, and his brother Kelson (right), 35, do come with culinary cred. Keen to expand their horizons, the Ipoh boys both relocated to Singapore over a decade ago. Jackus was just 18 when he started out as a dim sum sous chef at Ding Tai Fung, followed by Tim Ho Wan and Shang Social. Kelson, then 22, branched into western food instead.





Like its signboard, the concept at Lao Foong Ji is a little all over the place. It looks like a dim sum speciality stall, but the signature dish here is a fusion version of Hakka mee. If you do drop by, go for the dishes with punchier flavours like the mala-style sesame noodles and sweet and sour beancurd roll. The porridge is pretty decent too. However, we wish Jackus tapped more on his dim sum chef experience to hand make some of the snacks onsite.

Apa lancau this supposed to mean?

you the owner? here is not hardwarezone.

This post has been edited by kelvinfixx: May 6 2023, 11:41 AM

3rd Gen

This post has been edited by msacras: May 6 2023, 11:52 AM

Try RM3.60 can get century egg porridge in Malaysia?

What happen to 2nd gen?

$3.60 ask gods.

Breakfast eat this healthy.

Syukur

SG negara madani

sg food ,tasteless

You want cheap and tasty? Can over here for cost cutting put moar food additives and enhancers. You die faster not the food seller problem.

means datuk nenek ajar,.. he 1st time bukak stall,..

SG food is good, niama most made by Malaysians of course authentic lah..

Here cook by banglas and myanmars

Close to 3.5X the salary lure and buying powah!

“From Sandaime but currently I’m shodaime”

2nd gen is char siew don't know start business

2nd gen still ok in Ipoh back in 70s/80s

Now 3rd gen became net exporter of talents and nons because no more opportunity in own hometown. Gaji ciput.

Tabouli ini machem, puak dengki say sinkapork food expensive as fucuk. Sinkie porridge $3.60 on $3k celery is expensive. Msial porridge RM7 on RM3k celery is cheap as fucuk yo!