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Every morning, Leong Yuet Meng would wake up at 4 a.m. to go trading ingredients to make his rampant noodles and other dishes sold at Nam Seng Noodle House.
Despite being 91 years old and having a team of assistants in her position, she would be very practical, she shared on the Belly of A Nation program. “Everyone should cooperate when you work. Don’t always trust others when you work,” Leong said, and set an example, making wontons from scratch every day.
However, this routine came to an end in July and fans of his dishes will no longer be able to buy them at his stall as the Far East Square establishment has closed.
And as with most things in 2020, Covid-19 and the circuit breaker were contributing factors to this decision. He had to close the doors of his store when the circuit breaker was announced in April.
But once the government allowed the food and beverage businesses to reopen, he was back in action. “I did it right away, even if it was just to meet people,” Leong shared.
However, the pace was no longer as before, as most people worked from home and business “fell dramatically overnight.” “It’s very difficult to get back to where we were before,” he said of what the business was like as a circuit breaker.
[[nid:439808]]In July, he made the decision to close his position. Aside from slow business, he regretted that leasing his store was also a problem. “Who knew that [the building management] would change this year and would it be difficult to talk to him? “
Leong also shared that one of his workers returned to China, another went to work at his brother’s store, while the last one decided to take a break from work.
But the fighter is not willing to give up and promises that Nam Seng Noodle House will return.
“I will go back to work. I cannot bear to leave my clients after they have treated me so well,” he shared, adding that it is difficult to leave his business after dedicating the last 60 years to him.
“We will find a new place and we will return.”
