May 6 2023, 11:34 AM, updated 3y ago
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.
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