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The Chin Mee Chin Confectionery (Chinese: 真美珍, colloquially known as CMC) is a historic kopitiam (coffee shop) in Katong, Singapore.
| Chin Mee Chin Confectionery | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1920 (business), 1925 (physical building) |
| Owner(s) | Ebb & Flow Group |
| Street address | 204 East Coast Road |
| City | Singapore |
| Country | Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°18′26″N 103°54′26″E / 1.3072395705420266°N 103.90714286219685°E |
| Seating capacity | 60 |
| Website | https://www.chinmeechin.sg |
History
editThis History is missing information about Acquisition of CMC by Ebb and Flow (use CNA article linked). (August 2024) |
Chin Mee Chin Confectionery was started in the 1920s as an unnamed bread delivery business by Tan Hui Dong, a native of Keng Hai county, Hainan Island. Tan (along with his clansmen) delivered bread to Peranakan households in the Joo Chiat area. In 1925, Tan became a shareholder of a building owned by Hainanese proprietors on East Coast Road for his business, which would later become the well-known Chin Mee Chin Confectionery Shop. Unfortunately, Tan died in February 1942 during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. He was rounded up by Japanese soldiers after leaving his home to acquire new documentation from the Japanese Empire. Following his death, the business was ran by Tan's clansmen.
The business was taken over by Tan's son (aged 25), Tan Joo Long (alternatively spelled as Tan Joon Ling) in 1947 after arriving from Hainan island. He named his father's business 'Chin Mee Chin Confectionery' (Chinese for "genuine, beautiful treasures"). The younger Tan expanded the business by serving other cake, pastries, and buns as well as purchasing the building that Chin Mee Chin was renting from the owners for the business' longevity.
During the 1970s, there was a growth of a Eurasian community in the Joo Chiat area. To attract Eurasians to the kopitiam, Chin Mee Chin started serving Eurasian confectionary such as sugee cakes and cream horns.
In 2021, F&B company Ebb & Flow Group took over Chin Mee Chin Confectionery.[1] Co-founder and chief executive officer Lim Kian Chun grew up on the street behind the bakery, and became neighbors with the Tan family.[2]
References
edit- ^ Aureus, Dudi. "Chin Mee Chin Confectionery to Re-Open on September 15—Here's What to Expect". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "The 28-year-old reviving Chin Mee Chin and building a tech-driven F&B empire". CNA.