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With stiff joints in his hands, an old man in a wheelchair would have found it difficult to enjoy a bowl of blood cockles, had it not been for the stall owner taking the time to husk each one for him.
The moving scene, which warmed the cockles of many hearts, was captured by the reader a few days ago at the People’s Park Food Center in Chinatown, Shin Min Daily News reported.
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The owner in question, Pat Phua, 52, runs Super Star No1 Penang Assam Laksa.
According to Phua, the man, who appeared to be in his 70s, had visited her stall twice in the past week, and both times she helped him peel the cockles.
“If I remember correctly, this guy came over for quite some time, but since he was too busy I couldn’t help him. He didn’t say anything either,” she told the Chinese newspaper.
When he reappeared, he asked if it was possible for someone to help him shell the cockles since the joints in his hands were stiff. Hearing that he really wanted to eat them and considering it was around 8pm past the grocery rush hour, Phua was more than happy to go the extra mile.
To facilitate shelling, he chose larger cockles to cook with, before spending about 10 minutes shelling about 30 for himself.
[[nid:490380]]She didn’t stop there too. Seeing that the old man still had trouble eating, he carefully took the meat from each cockle and fed it.
The man thanked him profusely afterward.
Speaking to the daily news, Phua revealed that since she started the business two years ago, she has never had clients ask her to peel their cockles. It also didn’t cross her mind that her little act of kindness would be photographed and released to the media.
“I am happy to help you fulfill your wish.”
