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singaporeans are super passionate about
hawker food we talk about it we're picky
about it and we take photos of it like
no one else there's even a saying here
the camera eats first
one of the most popular dishes in hawker
centers is chicken rice
chicken rice to singaporeans would be
the equivalent of pizza to new yorkers
tnt chicken rice is an institution in
singapore
tientian had a chef who worked for them
for about 20 years
when the daughter of the owner took over
the business her and mr wong didn't get
along
sometimes when you take over a business
and you're trying to change up the way
they do their things you've got a
problem
and that's what started the chicken rice
award
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my mom started when i was 15 years old
she was
sad that
there's nobody to continue the business
i decided to quit my job and help to
expand the business which is not an easy
decision
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when i took over the volume increase
certain things have to be modernized
once you have things like a central
kitchen and hr things are bound to
change
for an old-school cook that probably
doesn't fly
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the chef left and opened a new stall two
doors down
the same colored signboard
same exact product
you wouldn't do that if you weren't
trying to declare war
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that must have stopped quite a lot
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for him it was probably showing them
that you can't stop me that's two tigers
on the hill man
someone's gonna die
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at the end of the day when you work with
someone for 20 years
it's a relationship you know whether you
get along or not you become family
besides the original maxwell i have one
in singapore one in clementi and one is
in naturally a school and us i still
feel there's a lot of improvements to go
now that tienten is more of a modern
business i feel like a thai's chicken
rice is more like what tientiens used to
taste like i prefer tian tien a little
bit more
over our thai
go try tntn
go try our thai decide for yourself
time will tell
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