Ang Mo Kio, selling Singaporean hawker fare, opens in the Philippines

Hainanese chicken rice

Singapore has always had a proud heritage of food entrepreneurs in decades past — accounting for the abundance of affordable hawker fare in the city streets.

Now, entrepreneur Ritchie Baldonado has brought the country’s hawker cuisine to a shopping mall in the Philippines, reported Business World Online.

He’s named the restaurant “Ang Mo Kio”, after a heartland housing estate in Singapore, which happens to have a lot of good food.

Opened in Ortigas Center in February, the restaurant has seen brisk business so far.

They cook about 20 to 30 whole chickens on weekdays for their Hainanese Chicken Rice dish, and 60 to 70 on weekends.

Laksa, a spicy noodle soup, and Chili Crab, are also popular items. The restaurant only serves 30 dishes of laksa a day, and they’re all sold before 6pm.

The restaurant kitchen is headed by Singaporean executive chef Justin Seah. A typical meal for two would cost around P1,000 (US$23).

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