['Hawker Anton Tan has had quite the rollercoaster in his F&B career. The UK-educated former engineer had a midlife career change when he took over his parents’ Toa Payoh zi char stall called Bliss Haven Restaurant.', 'Not wanting to sell zi char, he decided to offer ‘ugly’ muffins, naming his business ', 'Uggli Muffins', '. His ', ', comically misshapen and overflowing from their baking trays, proved to be a hit with customers.', 'Fast forward 20 years to October 2023, and Anton decided he has had enough of the hawker life. As a one-man-show, his manpower woes went unresolved as he could not find people willing to work as hawker assistants. “My business has grown to a scale that is somewhat beyond the owner’s capability of management,” he tells ', '8days.sg', '.', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.']
['The words “', '” and “', 'babi', '” (pork in Malay) seem like an unlikely pairing - but at ', 'H. Village Park Nasi Lemak', ', there’s not just one, but two', ' ', '“nasi lemak babi” dishes. The ', 'two-month-old ', 'stall is located at a coffee shop in ', ', and ', 'specialises in “Indonesian-fusion” nasi lemak inspired by ', '.', ' If you find its name familiar, well it’s heavily influenced by popular nasi lemak eatery Village Park Restaurant in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, which one of the hawkers visited before and loved.\xa0', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.', 'What exactly is nasi lemak babi? According', ' to this stall owner,', ' it’s basically quintessential nasi lemak — coconut rice, ikan bilis, egg etc, paired with ', 'flame-torched', ' pork belly (more on this later). ', 'Some variations of this dish can also be found in parts of Malaysia.']