He won the lottery, stopped the insurance function and opened the grilled pork booth

Ivan Lyong, 37, used to work as an insurance agent-a job with clear buttons, perfumes, coffee conversations, and flexible time tables. Ten years later, while dividing juicy pig meat in the Kantonian roasted pork booth, he said that his life is now far from what it was.

Lyong as an administrative assistant at an employment company, a job he described as “stagnant”. One day in 2013, his colleagues persuaded him to join them in buying lottery tickets.

With a strike, the lottery ticket, which he bought for $ 10, won Singapore, with a million dollars. The sudden sudden gave him confidence in leaving his job, and he made him notice for one month shortly after.

His first matter was to buy a desirable apartment with his fiancée. He said that even with the lottery money, buying private buildings or property is not possible, as it was retired early.

“Frankly, a million is not enough, especially in Singapore,” Lyong said. Singapore, a small island in Southeast Asia, is one of the most expensive cities in the world.

After that, after trying his hand in selling insurance products for a few years, Lyong felt he wanted to build something for his own and be his own boss for change.

“In Singapore, if F&b starts, you can be president immediately. It is the fastest way,” he said.

He said he liked cooking as a child, especially during the new lunar year. To return to that, he cut his teeth in his friend’s grilled pork store in Ang Mio neighborhood in Singapore.

In 2018, he and his wife opened grilled pork, or Sher Seo, a store in Phuket Mira, a residential area in southern Singapore. During the next few years, he would have closed his original outlet and opened two others – One in forests and another in Ang Mo Kio, both of them are residential areas.

Now, it spends easily from 11 to 12 hours behind the meter per day. Feeding a hungry lunch crowd means reaching his kiosk at 7 am a day, and rarely leaves before 6 pm

Grilled pork

Some of the main objects distinguish Lyong grilled pork.

He said he always found Char Siu in other disappointing restaurants and loaded with food coloring. Also, you did not like that customers were unable to choose the type of meat they wanted.

For him, the good SEO SEO meant roasting the meat for up to two hours in the charcoal oven instead of 45 minutes. It also allows beneficiaries to choose between three different types of pork: oily, lean, or half of the fat.

For Leong, it includes an average day earning about $ 1500 from each outlet. In terms of meat, this means selling five grilled pork panels, 60-80 tapes of Char Siu, and about seven whole chickens.

She got a “triple” dish worth $ 8 to try all the three types of meat he sold in his kiosk. The plate consists of chicken and two types of pork over the aromatic rice, with a fresh cucumber and a bowl of hot soup.

The intermittent pork skin was very wavy, balanced by soft meat under it.

Char Siu himself was soft and covered with sticky blue, which was well associated with aromatic rice.

The third meat, roasted chicken, was light and a good break from all pork. The quantity was generous – I ended up taking most of it in a vocal bag.

The most surprising part of the dish was the clear soup. The salty, warm, and comfort, were boiled slices of vegetables on the bottom. It was well contradicted with all meat.

Lyong’s workers said that Sher Seo has unlike those who had before.

Edi Suh, 36, said that he has been eating at Stall’s Stall Weekly since 2019. He said Leong “raised the tape” to SEO’s interests, and rarely eats the dish in other restaurants.

SOH, Director of IT Product, added that the Leong grilled pork has become an essential element in the dinner of the Lunar New Year. Sometimes he buys “up to 2 kg from SEO and 2 kg of grilled pork” for his family.

Andrew Ong, a 49 -year -old officer with the armed forces in Singapore, said he had found Lyong’s booth last year and had about three times ago.

Ong said the aspects are so good. Add delicious rice and eggs of the corridors, which deviate from the usual boiled eggs with Sharo, to their attractiveness.

Not only are the regular ones who chant this topic – and many food bloggers in Singapore have informed the Lyong booth.

Sethlui.com, a prominent local diet, said in July review From Char Siu Lang that pork was “caramel to perfection” and could compete with major Chinese food institutions.

In Singapore, it is known that small kiosks like Leong serves a global -level fee, including some of them included in Michelin’s guide.

But for Leong, Endgame looks like an exit from the kitchen

For Leong, trading companies’ life for several days of sweating in front of the charcoal oven was difficult, as everything from time management to its physical appearance should be adapted.

“The lifestyle, when I was doing financial consultations, I wore my clothes, used the fragrance, wore all the brands. But in the store, I wore everything comfortable, and perhaps a pair of short pants, my company shirt, and I need to wear safety shoes,” he said.

The insurance function also allowed more flexibility, as it can only “pay the date and change the timing” for customer meetings. But reaching his booth at 7 am a day is a schedule that requires discipline.

Therefore, when asked about the future of the work, Lyong answered immediately, “The end of the game is to sell business to large organizations.”

He said that long working hours are not something that he can maintain long -term.

He said that returning to the company’s job is outside the table. He wants to sell something his own, explore new commercial projects, and he is not forced to respond to anyone.

“I would like to know, I am able to do other things, not just spending my time in the store.” “In the coming times, I really need to back down because I really feel that I spend a lot of time in this work.”