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His latest venture is 20 Dishes Only, an \u201cold-school neighbourhood zi char\u201d stall which opened in a Yishun coffeeshop earlier this month.<\/p>\n
As its name suggests, the stall serves just 20 \u201call-time favourite\u201d dishes, from Steamed Minced Pork with Salted Egg (S$7.80) and Hand-Pulled Sweet and Sour Pork (S$8.80) to Steamed Fish Head (S$15). Prices range from S$6.80 to S$15, with only four dishes costing more than S$10.<\/p>\n
In addition to the 20 main dishes, there are also staple carbs such as fried rice and noodles, including Yeo’s personal favourite, the Yin Yang Hor Fun (S$6.50), which combines crispy fried hor fun with silky gravy hor fun in one plate.<\/p>\n
Unlike Charcoal Fish Head Steamboat Restaurant, which caters more to larger gatherings, 20 Dishes Only is designed for everyday dining, with home-style dishes served in just one portion size.<\/p>\n
“We wanted to give customers good food at value-for-money prices,” he said.<\/p>\n
“When we were young, neighbourhood zi char stalls didn’t have huge menus. They only served a handful of dishes, but they were the dishes everyone loved.”<\/p>\n
Yeo says the 20-dish menu was inspired by lessons from operating Benkok13. Besides making it easier for customers to choose, it also reduces ingredient costs and food wastage.<\/p>\n
“We also don’t have to prepare so many ingredients. Everything is so expensive now \u2013<\/span> ingredients, labour, everything. Keeping the menu small helps us reduce wastage and makes the business more sustainable.”<\/p>\n Every dish comes in just one serving size, which Yeo says better suits today’s smaller households. They are also more affordable.<\/p>\n “Nowadays, there are a lot of small families and couples. If you’re dining alone, you can order one or two dishes with rice,” he said.<\/p>\n He added that the smaller portions allow diners to try a greater variety of dishes without worrying about over-ordering.<\/p>\n Here are Yeo’s recommendations:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n LAUNCHED A NEW AFFORDABLE ZI CHAR CONCEPT, 20 DISHES ONLY His latest venture is 20 Dishes Only, an \u201cold-school neighbourhood zi char\u201d stall which opened…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--JTDg2cAd--\/c_crop,h_348,w_620,x_0,y_381\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/07\/16\/ben_yeo_20_dishes_only.jpg?itok=Ed0fg_vX","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26600,512,5848,5361,979,9529,3633,552,26599,2792,1252,5327,11070,61],"class_list":["post-69105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-5figure","tag-affordable","tag-ben","tag-char","tag-fish","tag-loss","tag-opens","tag-shuts","tag-sliced","tag-soup","tag-spot","tag-stalls","tag-yeo","tag-yishun","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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