[Sg] - Ex-GM feels sad struggling to survive with his halal prawn noodle stall

[UltimaOnline]

He thought all malays would love his food. He doesn't understand why nobody's buying.

https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/ha...-he-had-stop-sons-psle-tuition-classes-683066

https://forums.fuckwarezone.com.sg/...lasses-wife-needs-to-go-back-to-work.6806274/

 

[Cottonmouth]

Halal prawn mee? No sympathy.

 

[maxsanic]

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Sometimes I really don’t understand how these supposedly well-endowed Singaporeans manage their finances. 8 Days says he used to be a GM at a dim sum chain, so career wise he must have been doing very well and earning good money.

So far he shares that he has only sunk $40k into this business for a year and he even managed to make some money, albeit by his own admission it’s much lower than his previous salary.

So my first thought is – how on earth did a high income earner who has worked for many years end up so financially vulnerable that just 1 year of pay cut and $40k into a hawker business and the sky is already falling till the wife need to go back to work after leaving the workforce for 10 years and even the son need to cancel tuition for PSLE (How much can this save? Few hundred bucks a month?)

I mean even assuming the entire $40k is written off as loses, that’s like maybe 2 – 3 months of his last drawn salary, like that his whole family is already in such a sad state?

Either he / reporter is just sensationalizing to attract viewership, or his household expenses are ridiculously high or $40k in the hawker is almost all his family’s savings and once the food stall fails the family’s gone financially.

 

[syed putra]

You target malay customers, you need malay food.
Simple dishes and low cost.fried kembong/ chicken with sambal belachan/ sir assam and ulam( malay salad). White rice.

 

[syed putra]

Halal prawn mee? No sympathy.

He shoulda cook mee rebus ( less sweet version). Chinese prawn mee not to malay taste.

 

[countryman]

Even though he may attract the muslim crowd with his halal prawn noodle, the non muslim would not eat it cos prawn noodle without porky is haram...

 

[orh mee suah]

Muslims are also advised by some muftis to not eat shellfish and fish without scales.

 

[borom]

Surprising that he does not talk about rental ,usually the killer of business in pappy land.
If your low sales period cannot even cover rental, then you are just a slave to the landlord, working your ass off when the landlord just rake in his rental income .
Many small business can survive mainly because they have paid off the mortgage or inherited the shop from parents/grandparents.
No need to explain who is the biggest landlord in Singapore causing our inflation to spiral

 

[laksaboy]

Prawn mee without pork and lard is like a man without a penis. What's the point?

 

[FUNCHOI]

Knn

He should sell mee siam mai hum or

Nasi lemak.

 

[rushifa666]

Muslims are also advised by some muftis to not eat shellfish and fish without scales.

Yes the good bood has always been retarded in multiple ways. They are not wrong because thats was in the book.

 

[rushifa666]

6 to 8 dollar. Knn this is a recession now you stupid or what. People lost jobs during lockdwon

 

[covertbriar]

the math don't add up. 40K only for 10 months works out to 4K/month - inclusive of rental, cost of ingredients, cleaning up etc? The rental alone would already be more than that!

 

[kelvin]

He should employ a sexy minah.

Sales will double.

 

[syed putra]

Prawn mee without pork and lard is like a man without a penis. What's the point?

They shouldn't call it prawn me. Its a offence to mislabel a product.
On the other hand, pan mee with mince chicken and snchovies should be served together eith mee rebus.

 

[poore]

he trying to attract both cheena and malayu with his halal and prawn noodle mix. in the end everyone confused and dun wanna eat.

 

[maxsanic]

the math don't add up. 40K only for 10 months works out to 4K/month - inclusive of rental, cost of ingredients, cleaning up etc? The rental alone would already be more than that!

40k is the capex, opex wise he has no problems as revenue is more than enough to turn a small profit according to him.

 

[laksaboy]

he trying to attract both cheena and malayu with his halal and prawn noodle mix. in the end everyone confused and dun wanna eat.

There used to be a halal jap restaurant at JCube just above the ice skating rink, now it is no more.

 

[SOF67]

There used to be a halal jap restaurant at JCube just above the ice skating rink, now it is no more.

JCube is going to be torn down anyway

 

[mojito]

Muslims are also advised by some muftis to not eat shellfish and fish without scales.

Shellfish is not fish silly. It is a crustacean.