Comforting, stodgy fare
Gastrosmiths
103 Beach Road
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…
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