Home-based business Ah Ma’s Ngoh Hiang had a serendipitous start. Brothers Desmond, 40, and Melvin Kang, 44, began selling their grandma’s specialty to supplement their income when Covid-19 put their commercial printing business to a stop due to the pandemic.
Desmond turned to his hobby – cooking – to keep himself occupied during Circuit Breaker. “I experimented with new dishes every day. My father kept asking me to make ngoh hiang, but I didn’t want to as it’s very tiring.”
When he finally relented after cooking “over a hundred dishes”, Desmond’s family members suggested that he could try selling it as part of a home-based business. “We thought we’d give it a try, so we started selling ngoh hiang with no expectations.”
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1/111/11Printing business badly hit by Covid-19 -
2/112/11Not their first foray into F&B -
3/113/11They also invested in a bak kwa business -
4/114/11Third time’s the charm -
5/115/11All hands on deck -
6/116/11Strict SOP -
7/117/11“We know each other inside out” -
8/118/11Ngoh Hiang, $19 for 18 pcs (8 DAYS Pick!) -
9/119/11Prawn Pancake, $22 for 3 pcs (8 DAYS Pick!) -
10/1110/11Meatballs, $6 for 10 pcs -
11/1111/11The details