88 Katong Laksa at Circuit Road Hawker Centre first made headlines in March 2022 after Melvin Chew, founder of Facebook group Hawkers United Dabao 2020, visited the stall and shared the hawker couple’s story on the Facebook hawker group.
Owner of the stall, Charlie Soh, affectionately known as Uncle Soh, has been battling Stage 4 cancer for the past 15 years, though the exact diagnosis is unclear. He says he has undergone multiple surgeries on his kidney, pancreas and spine.





