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Opened stall after husband suffered a stroke
Before opening Mr Appam, Kieu Hanh was a homemaker raising two children aged 14 and 15. Her Singaporean husband suffered a stroke last year and has been unable to return to his job as a chef at a Japanese restaurant.
In order to make ends meet, Kieu Hanh – who worked as a cook at casual Vietnamese chain Nam Nam several years ago – initially planned to sell Vietnamese dishes like pho and spring rolls. Due to her unfamiliarity with the hawker stall tendering process, she ended up winning a bid for an Indian food stall at Maxwell Food Centre. Kieu Hanh was unable to change the stall type after realising the mistake, nor did she wish to forfeit the stall.
“[I realised] the stall cannot sell Vietnamese or Chinese food, only Indian food. I didn’t know what to sell. My Indian friend Francis asked me to try selling appam. I thought it was a good idea as many people are already selling curry and rice dishes here [at Maxwell Food Centre],” she explains.
https://www.todayonline.com/8days/v...-indian-stall-bid-maxwell-food-centre-1926531
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