When we stopped by the smaller coffee shop at 2 p.m. on a week and discovered Sagol, which was owned by a hawker from Sri Lanka.  ,
Upeka, a 46-year-old friend of hers, tells us that she has always enjoyed cooking and that her father, a Sri Lankan, taught her Vietnamese food. After working in a K-eatery in Singapore, he became an executive restaurant for a Vietnamese restaurant in Tanjong Pagar. She declines to show us the name of the establishment, just saying he has about 22 years of experience in the field.
Upeka, who is originally from Kandy, Sri Lanka, relocated to Singapore more than 20 years ago to operate at the Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe, a gan chaan lee franchise, to make desserts and beverages.
After marrying her father, whom she met at religion in Singapore, she became a woman raising their two children aged 13 and nine.  ,
In 2022, at the advice and assistance of her father, Upeka started Sagol. She invested S$ 10, 000 to empty the barn.
” He knows I love cooking. I can prepare many different dishes, but my Vietnamese dish is most favored by friends, so he suggested opening a stand selling affordable, real Korean food. Upeka, who acknowledges that due to the variety of flavors, prefers Asian food to Sri Lankan food.
” He’s the brains behind the business. He taught me how to prepare these delicacies, and he assists me in doing so each day before I leave for work. The couple would take turns flight between the barn and home to check on their kids. They would begin their time at around 4am.
The barn is named after her father’s name, Sago. ” But we didn’t apply Sago as it means incident in Korean, but we added an’ L’ to be Sagol, which means meat bone”, says Upeka.