Famed Tiong Bahru Yi Sheng Fried Hokkien Mee With 1-Hour Queue Closes Permanently
Photo: Huey Li Tan
Stall is now closed
But to the dismay of Mr Soo’s fans, his stall is now closed permanently as he has decided to retire. In Facebook hobby group Hokkien Mee Hunting, netizen Huey Li Tan posted a photo of the shuttered stall, accompanied by the caption: “My favourite stall… Closed for good. Happy retirement Mr Soo. Many thanks for the yummy Hokkien mee… Sure gonna miss it!!”
Photo: Instagram/ @cityfoodsters Speaking to 8days.sg, Huey Li said she found out about the closure when she made a trip to the stall wanting to tapow Hokkien mee. “Heard from the fellow hawkers [there] on the sad news,” she shared. 
Photo: Instagram/ @cityfoodsters A regular at the stall, she added that Mr Soo (pictured above) “had mentioned [retirement] a few times” before he finally ended his operations for good. And apparently, his retirement was so he could take a break and enjoy life. “He could be travelling now,” said Huey Li. According to her, the auntie who assisted Mr Soo to take orders “is now working at another stall”.8days.sg tried to contact Mr Soo via his mobile phone, but could not reach him.
Customers have followed him from Kim Tian Market to ABC Brickworks
Regulars of Tiong Bahru Yi Sheng reminisced on the Facebook post about following the stall from its previous location at Kim Tian Market to its current spot at Bukit Merah. At Kim Tian, the stall also offered satay with pineapple sauce.
In a humourous twist, fellow Hokkien mee stall Chef Goo at Alexandra Village Food Centre also commented on the post: “My business hopefully can improve now with his retirement…” The stall, which serves both fried prawn noodles and pao fan, is opened by former limousine driver Johnson Goo, who became a hawker during the pandemic after jobs ferrying tourists around Singapore dried up for him.
