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Check out the affordable fare at eateries meant for staff and students, from ayam penyet to handmade pizza.

Check out the affordable fare at eateries meant for staff and students, from ayam penyet to handmade pizza.

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SINGAPORE – Out of plain sight in a corner of the basement carpark at Gateway East in Beach Road, Chit Chat & Makan Eating House with its unlit signboard has the look of a foodcourt stuck in time.

But at 11.30am, the place sputters to life and, by noon, the queue at its yong tau foo stall – the most popular one – is more than 20 hungry customers deep.

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