They're keeping it all in the family. For now, at least. Months after Lee Hwee Peng, owner of the popular Lai Heng Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle stall in Toa Payoh announced that he was selling his secret recipe and business for $500,000, the offer is now temporarily off the table. Instead, Lee's younger sister and stall "manager" Wee Kim, 58,.
After slogging it out for 37 years, Lee Hwee Peng, the founder of Lai Heng Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle is planning on selling off the business and his recipe. Despite its rather eye-watering asking price of $500,000, there has been interest, according to a Shin Min Daily News report. The hawker stall, located in Toa Payoh, is run by Hwee.