Chef behind Crystal Jade’s famous wanton mee died earlier this year in Hong Kong
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Chef backside Crystal Jade's famous wanton mee died earlier this year in Hong Kong
Tang Siu Nam, the former head chef of the eating house, died in February, co-ordinate to a Facebook mail service by Makansutra's KF Seetoh.
Onetime Crystal Jade caput chef Tang Siu Nam passed away in Hong Kong in February 2019. (Photograph: Facebook/KF Seetoh)
The chef behind Crystal Jade's famous wanton mee has passed away, according to nutrient guru KF Seetoh.
In a Facebook mail on Tuesday (April 9), the Makansutra founder paid tribute to Tang Siu Nam, who died in February at the age of 87.
"It is with much regret I make a belated announcement of the passing of Master Tang (wanton mee), who created that signature mode, originally at Crystal Jade. He passed on in Feb and his wife Ms Happy kept information technology quiet every bit per the wishes of the Master. They were nigh penniless as she, lonely flagman and jobless, had to accept intendance of him in his fading months, after they quit the stall at Bkt Batok last year," he wrote.
Co-ordinate to Seetoh, Tang had returned to his hometown in Hong Kong where he passed away. His wife, unable to afford a columbarium infinite there, has appealed to her friends for coin to bring him back to Singapore.
Tang reportedly first arrived in Singapore in 1978 and joined Chinese eatery chain Crystal Jade soon after. In his 17 years as head chef and chef trainer, he was all-time known for creating the restaurant's signature wanton mee and XO chilli sauce.
After retiring in 2013, Chief Tang opened his own hawker stall in Chinatown Food Centre in 2014. He then moved to 6th Avenue in 2016, where he stayed until health problems affected his ability to piece of work final October.
"This human being had done his adopted home Singapore proud," Seetoh wrote. "Sadly, he can't exist around to see the latest Netflix Street Food show that featured and highlighted him and his mastery. It will exist screened last week of Apr. He will be a respectable face of Sg hawker food."
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