This hokkien mee seller at the hawker store in my neighbourhood,
he has been there for years. The problem with the hawker stores at
my neighbourhood is that they usually close around 4pm, and during
dinner time there's nothing to eat.
So I usually eat hokkien mee, since he's the only one open at 10am
and closes at 9pm. He isn't exactly fantastic, but not too bad. I
think I started visiting since 1993. When I was back from my first
book-out during BMT, the first taste of noodles I tasted comes from
his stall as well. He started out alone, then found a helper. Then
later I remember a plump lady, most probably his girlfriend
helped.
Then I moved away. When I was back at the neighbourhood, his store
was gone. I wondered where he has gone to. The stall was taken over
for a while and then owner was changed again.
Then a couple of years later, he moved back, not to the same stall
but an empty one a few stalls away. I guessed the owner took back
the stall, so he moved on to do something else until another stall
was available. He was in the new stall for a few months before he
was gone again.
Then a couple of weeks ago, i saw him at the same hawker stall with
the plump lady, probably his wife now. They were both helping out
collecting and keeping the plates.
Then last week I saw him again, there he was, cooking hokkien mee
with his plump wife, the same helper at another stall. I finally
get to taste the noodles again, the same taste as it was in 1993,
1994, 95.
