Even the movement control order has not stopped him from enjoying steady business at his stall on Siam Road.
“My father has been doing this for more than 60 years. It is a family business which he inherited from his father, ” said his daughter Evelyn Tan, who helps him out at the stall.The write-up referred to him as “one of the oldest char kway teow legends in Malaysia.” These days, she said the queue was not so long as there were no visitors from other states due to the travel restrictions.
Management executive Ooi Eng Hock, 38, said the MCO did not stop him from visiting the stall to get his char koay teow fix.“And I don’t mind lining up, ” he said.His skill had been perfected over the years, Ooi said.Chooi Hong is well known for using charcoal to achieve better “wok hei” .