Mu Liang Zai Liang Kee, Singapore Singapore , Restaurant/cafe

Mu Liang Zai Liang Kee

Restaurant/cafe

719 Havelock Road
Singapore Singapore
Singapore

Phone: 6272 4282 / 96603256 (Reservation Recommended)

Opening times:
Sun 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Mon 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Tue 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Wed 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Thu 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Fri 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Sat 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm

THE STORY

THE HISTORY...
The original Liang Kee Restaurant was opened in 1974 by Mr Ng Bak Liang, a Teochew immigrant from China.
Its location, at Ellenborough Market, was famous for housing many Teochew eateries.
Liang Kee made its name with signature dishes such as Triggerfish with bean sauce and Teochew-style braised duck.

The restaurant was a family-run business and Mr Ng’s children – six sons and four daughters – helped out at the stall.
When he died in 1984, four of his sons continued to run it, including the third son, Mr Ng Siang Lin, and fifth son, Mr Ng Hong Seng.

Hong Seng took a liking to the restaurant business and, two years later, opened a Teochew eatery, Mu Liang Zai, in the same market, but one storey above the family’s original business.

His stall later moved to the Murray Terrace food alley in Murray Street.
Things simmered along nicely until 1999, when the original Liang Kee moved to Havelock Road.
In 2001, Siang Lin and Hong Seng moved Liang Kee Restaurant to Robertson Quay.

AND NOW,
Mr Ng Hong Seng (Mr Ng Bak Liang's 5th son) says he uses Mu Liang Zai Liang Kee because he wants to distinguish himself from the others.
“Mu Liang is my father’s name in Mandarin and Mu Liang Zai means ‘son of Mu Liang’. When I left to start my own shop in 1986, that was the name I used,” says the 50-year-old in Mandarin.

Mr Ng Hong Seng still preserved authentic Teochew recipes such as "Teochew Braised Duck", "Trigger Fish with Black Bean Sauce", "Minced Pork with mini Shrimp on Homemade Tofu" and "Yam Paste" from his late father.