For close to four decades, Yong He Eating House has been one of Geylang’s most enduring late-night institutions – a 24-hour Taiwanese eatery famous for its housemade soy milk, you tiao, shao bing (Chinese flatbread), dim sum and lu rou fan (braised pork rice).
But the brand’s roots stretch much further back. According to 46-year-old third-gen Singaporean owner Dong Han Zhong, Yong He was first launched almost 60 years ago in Taiwan, where his Taiwanese grandfather worked with the original founder and eventually took over the business, running it until its closure years later. His father, Dong Rong, later brought the brand to Singapore in 1986, opening Yong He Eating House in a no-frills Geylang coffee shop.
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