Peter Goh, Instagram/Jamietan04However, unlike most people, the fried carrot cake hawker is deaf — something you might notice should you patronise his stall at Zion Riverside Food Centre.
According to an 8world article on Oct 15, Goh said : "I know lip reading and our menu only has three choices: White, black, and mixed .and indicate whether they're eating in, getting take-out [and] whether they want chilli or not." After completing six years in a school for the deaf, he went to a factory to learn welding skills. During his spare time, he would help out at his dad's fried carrot cake stall along with his siblings.After his parents passed away in the '80s, Goh and his siblings co-managed the business. However, his brother died and his sister started her own family, so Goh single-handedly took over the stall.
On a weekday, he can sell about 500 to 700 plates of carrot cake and on a weekend, it goes above 700. He starts at 11am when he opens his stall and only closes for the day at 9pm.