Memory Makers: The last kacang puteh man in Singapore
SINGAPORE On a sweltering afternoon outside Peace Centre, it was the start of another workday for Amirthaalangaram Moorthy, 53. Then his eyes lit up at the sight of a familiar face: longtime customer Sally Thio, 55.
Thio had come all the way from her home in Boon Lay to buy a few $1.20 packets of kacang puteh (white beans in Malay), which came wrapped in the ubiquitous thin paper cones. She told
Yahoo News Singapore that she has been frequenting Moorthy s stand for more than a decade.
“I used to buy from his father’s stall at Cathay until now. I have become a grandmother, said Thio, who remembers Nagappan Arumugam as a very good man . She added, (Moorthy s) kacang puteh is very nice and very fresh.
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From left: Sky Cramer, Vincent Steffey, Mia Herman and Mariana McCulty perform in a scene in the original play, “The Christmas Eve Diner Dilemma” at the Diamond Theatre of Ligonier on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
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Vincent Steffey (left) and Sky Cramer perform in a scene in the original play, “The Christmas Eve Diner Dilemma” at the Diamond Theatre of Ligonier on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
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Riley Nichols and Shantel McConville perform in a scene in the original play, “The Christmas Eve Diner Dilemma” at the Diamond Theatre of Ligonier on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
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