Banh tells 8days. She advises ordering orders on WhatsApp or having her meals delivered via GrabFood as her recent rise in TikTok popularity has made her business much busier recently.
Some customers who do n’t place advance orders have had to wait between 40 and an hour for their food because she makes each order fresh on the spot. She claims that customers who place WhatsApp orders in advance typically receive their meals within 10 to 15 minutes of arriving at her position.  ,
But, Banh advises walk-in customers to head home initially or to move the location before returning to collect their orders when they are required to wait for up to an hour for their food. In her life room, therefore, only people who are typically waiting for brief periods stand out.  ,
Does having strangers into a home make her or her family feel odd?
She laughs:” My son does n’t really bother, he usually just watches TV. My child tends to stay in her own chamber while my father talks to the clients incessantly because she is a little shy. For me, I’m fine with it as I’m running a business after all”!
Even though her shop is open till 8pm, Banh says it does n’t disrupt family mealtimes either. ” My children eat out very often, usually they’ll just take in the living room. It’s no matter. My father also works till very late, and occasionally comes home just at 10pm”, she explains.
But, Banh has no plans to open her straight for dining on. She says,” I’m afraid my neighbors did talk if my house has too many buyers.”
Since gaining cultural internet reputation, she says she receives around 50 to 60 requests for index si per day. Although the Choa Chu Kang area is home to many of her clients, she claims that many more also travel from nearby Bugis and the Tampines.  ,
Despite this, she shares that her business makes just a modest profit:” It’s very busy, but we do n’t really make that much profit, because our food is cheaper than]at other stalls ] outside. But as long as my customers find to have good traditional Asian foods, and as long as I’m earning enough to make a dwelling, it’s enough”, she reasons.  ,
She adds that she now has fewer buyers than she did when she was running a kopitiam, adding that her monthly net income is around S$ 3, 000. Because there were tickets at the espresso shop back then, it was more convenient for consumers. My energy costs at home is higher too”, she explains.  ,