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This week Outlook is coming from Singapore and today Rico Hizon takes us on a tour of the city through the extraordinary stories of people who live there.

Douglas Ng is a hawker – a street food seller – preparing Singapore’s traditional fishball noodles in one of the town’s eateries. He learnt the recipe from his grandmother and still dreams of attending culinary school.

Ang Song Kang - a.k.a. Chef Kang - started working in a kitchen because he had no food at home. He grew up the eldest of five siblings with a single mother and at just eight years old he started working to support them. He eventually got a job in a kitchen where he fell in love with cooking. With the help of a mentor he became a top chef. But his career didn’t always go smoothly, with financial and health issues threatening to derail his success. But his hard-working attitude paid off and he now runs a Michelin starred restaurant in Singapore.

Presenter: Rico Hizon
Producer: Alice Gioia and June Christie

Picture: Ang Song Kang a.k.a. Chef Kang
Credit: BBC/Timothy McDonald

Published on Monday, 25th November 2019.

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