April 24, 2021
AsiaOne
With Singapore s hawker culture officially added to the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, AsiaOne takes a look at young hawkers who snub the corporate rat race to slave over stoves instead.
It s usually a case of the more publicity, the better , when it comes to media attention in Singapore s competitive F&B landscape.
So we were surprised when our request for an interview with office worker-turned-hawker Wei Liang Chen was met with some trepidation.
Right off the bat during our interview, the 29-year-old Jiangsu native hesitantly asked if we could focus less on his personal backstory and more about his food.