Chew Chor Meng, Dennis Chew & Food Blogger Miss Tam Chiak Open A Kopitiam Together
A new kopitiam opens today (11 Jul) in Hougang, and it has famous owners. Veteran Mediacorp actor Chew Chor Meng and Love 972 DJ Dennis Chew joined forces with food blogger Maureen Ow, better known as Miss Tam Chiak, to set up Tam Chiak Kopitiam, which they dubbed ‘‘the most trendy coffeeshop in Hougang”.
This is also the plot of Mediacorp’s Ch 8 drama 118 charmingly coming to life — Chor Meng played a kind-hearted coffeeshop operator in the popular long-running series, with Dennis acting as his son in the show.
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But how did Chor Meng and Dennis — who co-own other F&B businesses including 888 Mookata — end up collaborating with Miss Tam Chiak? Chor Meng shares that he is “very close friends” with Maureen, whom he had known for around seven years. So when he and Dennis “wanted to become kopitiam operators”, which he says is a “longtime dream” of his, he decided to rope in Maureen because he felt that “her experience [in the food industry] can help this coffeeshop”.
In total, the kopitiam has four co-owners — Chor Meng, Dennis, Maureen and a fourth “external partner”. Chor Meng says they all have equal shares in the biz, and the three well-known owners are in charge of marketing.