['A few years ago, ', ' visited beef noodle stall ', 'Horiginal', ', which ', 'has a more herbal taste profile and wide variety of beef cuts. ', 'The stall opened to long queues back then, but with Covid lockdowns and an eventual decline in customers, owner Michael Ho, 49, tells ', ' that “the whole venture was a loss”. A whopping “six-figure loss” - but he declines to share the exact figure.\xa0', 'Now, he has set his hopes on a new concept - ', 'Sixth Avenue Porky Prawn Noodle', ', his first foray into selling prawn mee. He opened the stall on 22 May 2024 at Sixth Cafelink, a coffee shop in Sixth Avenue.\xa0', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.']
['When the Chinese enjoy a superb home-cooked meal, the ultimate praise is that it’s “good enough to open a restaurant with”. Or, if they are dining at a good restaurant, the dishes are “just as nice as homemade food”. Anybody relate?', '8days.sg', '.']
['The Dragon Boat Festival (', 'duan wu jie', ') falls on June 10, when it’s tradition to indulge in a rice dumpling or three to honour the legend of Chinese poet Qu Yuan. The story goes that the poet and elder statesman of ancient China cast himself into the depths of a river following the turmoil caused by corruption in his beloved homeland. In turn, his distraught supporters tossed rice dumplings into the water and beat drums to divert scavengers from his body. We love honouring a good ', ', especially one as delicious as this. In that spirit, here’s a selection of new ', ' dumplings to indulge in. ', 'Black Pepper Crab Rice Dumplings from Min Jiang']