132 Mee Pok was founded by Mr Chan Sek Inn, who started out a tok tok mee seller, meaning he was itinerant, walking through neighbourhoods, announcing his presence by hitting two pieces of bamboo together (hence the tok tok) and taking orders back to where the stall was at. He then set up a permanent stall in the now-demolished Siglap Market in 1969. The number 132, taken from the lot the stall occupied in Siglap Market, has been retained since then because of its auspiciousness - it sounds like good business in Cantonese. 132 Mee Pok has changed its address five times and its current location in Marine Terrace is the stalls sixth address. Mr Chan Choon Wing, 44, the son of the founder joined the business 14 years ago and after taking over his fathers legacy, now helms the Marine Terrace stall. The long quee that you see everyday is an artificially created quee by the younger Mr Chan. He is chancing upon the herd mentality of customers who feels that long quee means good food. He takes an average about 5 minutes to server a customer. A constant thing is after serving a customer, he will add some water and wait for the water to boil again before he can cook the noodles. He will also be doing some small tasks which the stall assistant should be doing. If the quee is down to 2 or 3 persons, he will go toilet. Very seldom will I write negative posts about hawkers, but I feel that Mr Chan Choon Wings actions is overboard. Dont believe me, come watch yourself...
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:26:56 +0000
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