Ah Pui Tiong Bahru Satay is shutting down for good on 6 Nov 2022

We always speak concerning the significance of preserving Singapore’s hawker tradition. But behind my thoughts, I’m terrified! In current months, we’ve got been publishing information on the closure of a number of famed hawker stalls on our island. I’m sadly saying that one other one bites the mud: Ah Pui Tiong Bahru Satay, positioned at Chinatown‘s Smith Street, might be having its final day of operations on 6 Nov 2022— one other blow has been dealt to our native hawker scene.

I acquired to know that 64-year-old Mr Ang Boon Ee, nicknamed “Uncle Ah Pui”, shouldn’t be precisely within the pink of well being, and wishes a very good relaxation. It was acknowledged on their restaurant’s Instagram put up on 2 Nov 2022.

Earning fairly the status again within the Nineteen Eighties, Mr Ang can be seen unlawfully peddling his wood pushcart promoting old-school Hainanese satay alongside the Tiong Bahru district. Why was it unlawful? That’s as a result of he didn’t personal a license to function his humble cellular satay enterprise.

This went on proper until the early 2010s, when he determined to take a break after getting fined the fourth time by the native authorities. He relit his fireplace when the ex-owner of the now-defunct 195 Pearl Hill Cafe invited Mr Ang to hitch them again in 2018, the place there was a ready listing of six months simply to get a style of his iconic satays.

Ah Pui Tiong Bahru Satay was opened in Jun 2021, and it’s a pity that they are going to be ceasing their operations in lower than 18 months.

Not to be a moist blanket, however I can already predict the possibly loopy crowd state of affairs occurring throughout the previous few remaining days. If you desire a style of Uncle Ah Pui’s fragrant and juicy satays, this week would in all probability be your final golden alternative to do it— it’s do or die!

Brave the crowds or not… the selection is fully as much as you.

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