Dona Manis Cake Shop’s co-founder sets up rival banana pie shop next door

"Auntie Peng", creator of Dona Manis’ famous banana pie recipe, ran the Katong shop with the late Tan Tieow Teong since ’92. Mr Tan’s daughter rubbishes online speculation that she ‘kicked’ Auntie Peng out of the business.Dona Manis Cake Shop is popular among foodies and easties for its old-school, affordable banana pies and chocolate tarts. It has been successfully operating from the basement of the retro Katong Shopping Centre since 1992.

She had set up Dona Manis together with the late Mr Tan Tieow Teong back in 1992, but officially left the business at the start of April this year, before opening Auntie Peng Banana Pie on Apr 9. Mr TanNO, DONA MANIS' NEW OWNER DID NOT 'KICK' AUNTIE PENG OUTon a foodie group about Auntie Peng Banana Pie, a netizen wrote that Mdm Soh left Dona Manis because “the founder passed on and left the business to his daughter, but she kicked Auntie Peng out”.

“She was not an employee, she was a partner with my dad. I saw people online saying that I kicked her outI thought 'no way, you can’t kick out a partner so easily!' What she told me was that she wanted to retire, so I said okay,” she shared with 8days.When Mdm Soh opened the new bakery next door, Esther admitted that she was surprised. “I didn’t know until they already rented the shop. In my mind, I thought she wanted to retire, but she now says that her son wants to take over ”.

Isn’t it awkward for both rival businesses to be located right next to each other? Ee Hsing noted that this wasn’t exactly an intentional decision.

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