Comforting, stodgy fare

Gastrosmiths

103 Beach Road

www.gastrosmiths.com

Opens mid-July

TIP to restaurant owners: always be nice to your customers, for you never know when one of them might turn out to be a future business partner.

Such was the case with Gastrosmiths, a joint venture between Dillon Ng and Heng Tong Jin. Mr Ng used to run The Humble Loaf, a 10-seater bakery and sandwich counter in Katong Shopping Centre, which Mr Heng, a stockbroker, patronised weekly. When Mr Ng's handmade sandwiches in flavours such as short rib with gruyere and pulled pork with kimchi pears started drawing in constant queues, the two men - who had beco…