Ah Pui, who reopened Ah Pui Satay in April this year at a Toa Payoh hawker centre after a one-and-a-half-year hiatus, was popular for his plump Hainanese-style charcoal-grilled pork satay.
He started out selling satay as a street hawker in the ’70s, before moving to a cafe called 195 Pearl Hill Cafe in Chinatown in 2021. The hawker later left to open his own standalone eatery at Smith Street together with his disciple, Ang Thiam Seng (known as Seng), 57, but the duo shut their business in November 2022, citing Ah Pui’s poor health.
After a break, Ah Pui and Seng reopened their satay business at a humbler hawker stall in Toa Payoh in April. At the time, Seng told 8days.sg that “Ah Pui is well rested and ready to make a comeback”.
