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['Telok Blangah coffeeshop stall ', 'Liang Ji', ' may be known for its ', 'char kway teow', ', but it makes a mean ', 'oyster omelette', ' too.\xa0', 'The dish is the stall’s second bestseller and following the success of its cockle-carpeted ', '“humful” char kway teow', ' last year, boss Dominic Neo, 50, decided to introduce a premium version of its orh luak ', 'using freshly shucked oysters from Japan.', 'Priced at $18 a plate', ', ', 'the dish, which the flamboyant towkay calls “atas oyster omelette”, comes topped with five big, succulent oysters. Orh luak is typically served with smaller frozen oyster meat.', '“I want people to know that Liang Ji is not only good for its char kway teow, we have good oyster omelette too,” Dominic tells ', '8days.sg', '.']

Boss Of Popular ‘Ramly’ Burger Shop Lost $700K In 3 Years, Now Sells Burgers At MRT Stations With Ananas Cafe

['The last time ', ' spoke with Penang-born chef Wong Kok Chin, 36, we mentioned how much we enjoyed his cafe-quality Ramly-inspired ', ' at his humble food kiosk called ', '. Back then, the shop drew long queues of up to an hour. However, plenty has happened since. Wong had to relocate his shop multiple times and he’d lost a whopping $700K in investment together with his partners over these three years. Moreover, the brand Mr Burger has been sort of subsumed under homegrown ', ' food chain, ', 'Ananas. While the brand has twenty stores spread across various MRT stations - only four offer Mr Burger’s Malaysian-style burgers now.\xa0', 'What happened?', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.']

Tattoo Artist Turned Baker Sells $2.70 Stuffed Croissants In Flavours Like Ondeh Ondeh & Kaya

['Nestled in a quiet corner of NEWest shopping mall in West Coast, Muslim-friendly bake shop ', 'Bidadarikek ', 'flashes a big ‘$2.70 ', '’ sign on its window. The simple unit is decked out with display cabinets filled with a colourful array of cream-filled croissants. They include fun flavours like ', ', bubble gu', 'm and ', '.', 'Two-month-old Bidadarikek is set up by former tattoo artist Nur Syafawani, 28, who quit her job eight years ago to stay home and take care of her two-year-old son (now 10), who has autism. That same year, she dabbled in baking as a hobby, before turning it into a home-based biz.\xa0', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.']