power puffs

Oh's favourite Tip Top curry puffs were actually mentioned by the PM in his National Day Rally speech. For years Oh has wondered why the very popular stall in AMK Central doesn't create a franchise to sell more curry puffs all over Singapore, like what Old Chang Kee did.

Turns out that the boss' son has instead decided to venture into Shenyang and is fast expanding there!

You read about the big companies in the newspapers but tonight, let me tell you about one small company. Tharman came across it and mentioned it to me. He was in Shenyang recently and he came across a Singaporean who was selling curry-puffs in Shenyang. So he talked to the young man. Turns out that the father is in Ang Mo Kio central -- used to be my constituency -- Tip Top curry-puffs. Father is successful here; the son went to China to venture. So he's looked around Shenyang, he concluded that the food is not so interesting and varied as if you go to Shanghai or if you go to Guangzhou so there is an opportunity to sell something they've never met: Singapore curry-puffs. Very successful -- I think he's got five shops in Shenyang -- and now he is going to go further north [to] Harbin, also [to] sell curry-puffs. So the next time you go to the Harbin Ice Festival, cold sculptures but hot curry-puffs.

-- PM Lee