A Day with Grandma Leong, The 90-year-old Hawker Legend

Flavours | 4:28 mins

At 90, Leong Yuet Meng of Nam Seng Wanton Noodle House is probably the oldest working hawker legend in Singapore. Throughout her 60 years in the business, she has taken five disciples under her wings! Despite her age, she shows no signs of slowing down. She is up by 4:30 am every morning to make her trip to the wet market to buy fresh ingredients. Her motivation? Simply going to work and serving that simple bowl of wanton noodles to her customers.

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