When its user announced his retirement after 18 years in business, stalls barn Uggli Muffins made headlines last year. Anthony Tan, 53, changed his life to selling cakes after taking over his relatives ‘ long-standing zi ash stall at Toa Payoh Lorong 1.
Although all that came to an end in October 2023, when Tan decided to “take a break” because he could n’t find a replacement to take over his stalls because he was “getting older,” was because his muffin shop became so well-known that it eventually led to the opening of a second location at Jalan Besar.
speaking to 8days. The master, sg, claimed again then that his company had “grown to a level that is somewhat beyond the manager’s capacity of management.” He had made an offer to educate potential successors who would give a S$ 3, 000″ course fee,” but the search finally turned up empty. He claims that “young people generally do n’t want to be hawkers these days.”
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Tan shut down his doors on October 10 after one last hurrah, during which he attracted snaking counters to distribute free cakes in recognition of customers ‘ support. I spent two months traveling, staying in dormitories with people after that. I traveled to places like Hong Kong and Shanghai, returned to Singapore for a moment, and then traveled to Manchester, where I used to analyze architecture. Therefore I traveled to Paris, Bulgaria,” he said.
Tan had the idea to sell pancakes upon his return to Singapore while waiting for a contractor to prepare a European crepe in Paris. His hawker’s Achilles heel was labor, so making a la moment crepes was less tedious than making muffin trays.