Finance Graduate Sells $6.90 Halal Ramen At Tanjong Pagar With Mom
Carmal Ahmad, 33-year-old was working in the corporate industry as a fund operations associate and somehow he garnered himself to run his own hawker stall called Mad Bros SG.
This nine-month-old stall specializes in wallet-friendly halal Japanese ramen, with island-wide delivery. This includes seven types of ramen on his menu, including the Tori Pai Tan ($6.90) with chicken char shu, in your choice of a shio or shoyu soup base (a spicy version is also available for the same price). There’s also Miso Ramen ($7.90), Miso Butter Ramen ($8.40), Curry Chicken Ramen ($6.90), Curry Cutlet Ramen ($7.90) and a fancier Truffle Ramen ($9.90). Other than noodles, the menu also offers Chicken Curry Rice ($5.90) and Chicken Cutlet Rice ($7.90) as well as Ayam Geprek (Indonesian-style smashed fried chicken drizzled with sambal chili) in three levels of spiciness ($6.90-$7.90).
According to him, his family was used to run a Malay food stall at Maris Stella High School which was concerned as they had hardship experience being in the F&B line. But eventually, they come to support their sons.
Carmal also mentions that he is lucky with the low overheads and with the rental which is waived, he manages to go through surviving in his business throughout the whole pandemic situation. And with his online delivery available at $5 per location with a minimum order of $40 applies. It does help his business out a lot.