'I want to promote vegetarian food to more people': Bukit Batok stall owner offers $1.80 meals for over 20 years

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At 1am, many people would be asleep or just going to bed, but hawker Vivianne Lie is just starting her day and getting prepped to serve the morning breakfast crowd. The 56-year-old owns three vegetarian food stalls — called Xi Shi Fu Vegetarian — in Bukit Batok, Bukit Purmei and Bukit Merah, which sell items like vegetarian bak kut teh...

'I want to promote vegetarian food to more people': Bukit Batok stall owner offers $1.80 meals for over 20 years

But her signature offering is the budget vegetarian meal, which costs just $1.80 at the Bukit Batok stall. The price has remained the same since she started the stall at Block 373 Bukit Batok Street 31 in 2000. Vivianne has kept prices at all three stalls the same over the years and has no intention of changing that, she told AsiaOne.She explained that she wants more people to try vegetarian food.

And while she refuses to increase prices for her budget meals, she has done so for her other menu items, which helps cover these costs.

 

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