Another one of Singapore’s longstanding F&B brands is calling it a day.
Ka-Soh restaurant, an 86-year-old heritage brand known for its Cantonese-style fish soup, announced the closure of its last outlet at Greenwood Avenue in Bukit Timah via social media on Saturday (July 26).
The outlet’s final day of operations will be on Sept 28.
According to the restaurant, it will not be renewing its lease once it’s up.
At its peak, Ka-Soh Restaurant had three outlets.
In addition to the Greenwood Avenue outlet, they also ran a flagship store at Outram which shuttered in June 2022 and a sister eatery, Swee Kee Eating House in Amoy Street which closed down in May 2021.
The flagship outlet in Outram, which was located in Singapore General Hospital, had been a Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient since 2016.
Ka-Soh’s beloved Cantonese-style fish soup is known for its signature creamy and milky broth, which gets its flavour by boiling fish bones at high heat for several hours, according to Michelin Guide Singapore.
It was founded in 1939 as a humble push cart stall in Great World Amusement Park, and is currently helmed by Cedric Tang, the third-generation owner.
When the flagship outlet in Outram announced its closure in June 2022, the owner attributed it to manpower issues and rising costs, as reported by The Straits Times.
Prior to the outlet’s closure, the business also took a hit as its sister eatery Swee Kee Eating House in Amoy Street shuttered in May 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the business’ footfall.
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