Culinary Grad Who Turned Down Dempsey Cookhouse Chef Job Opens Nasi Lemak Hawker Stall
He passed up on an offer to work full-time at Jean-Georges Vongerichten's SG restaurant to sell mod nasi lemak with his poly pal.
Ah Lemak (alamak, get it?) is the latest punnily-named hawker stall opened by enterprising young hawkers. It serves nasi lemak, obviously. The sleek, gold-accented stall signage and marble counter adorning the shop in Tampines West hint that this is no ordinary nasi lemak joint: aside from the usual fixings, there are more atas, fusion add-ons like deep-fried soft-shell crab and unagi here. The stall also sells Hokkien mee.
It’s run by professionally-trained chef Jason Koh (left in pic), 24, and ex-maritime engineer Cleavon Tan (right), 25, who met at Singapore Polytechnic while pursuing diplomas in Engineering Systems.
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