['We love a robust bowl of laksa, but there is nothing more disappointing than to find only a couple of puny ', 'blood cockles', ' buried under the bee hoon, or simply no ‘hums’ at all. ', 'Most of the metallic-tasting bivalves consumed in Singapore are imported from Malaysia, but pollution and overfishing have led to a drastic drop in supply. Which explains why hawkers who use ', 'hums in their cooking', ' are now charging more for a portion, or have completely omitted it.', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.']
['Last August, China-born hawker Nana Wang, 44, opened ', ' stall Glory Fried Banana at Changi Village Hawker Centre. Nothing super out of the ordinary, you say.\xa0', 'Well, the Singaporean PR chose to open shop in a food centre where there are already', ' four existing', ' goreng pisang shops. And one of them happens to be the popular two decade-old ', 'Million Star Fried Banana', ', where Nana worked just before setting up her ', '.']