Popular bakery chain SunnyHills usually sells about 300 boxes of pineapple mooncakes daily but sales have more than tripled after President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s landslide win at the polls last week. The bakery sold more than 1,000 boxes last Saturday. As for its...
means pineapple in Hokkien, and the fruit is seen as a symbol of prosperity and good fortune.
For instance, Indian eatery Semma Bistro in Springside Walk in Nee Soon is offering a pineapple ong lai cocktail to mark Mr Tharman’s win. The drink will be available until the end of the month. He said: “We used to make cocktails for the Trump-Kim summit, which were a hit with the customers. I thought: ‘How much further can we spice things up at an Indian restaurant?’Semma Bistro owner Stan Ganesh said the bistro has been selling between ten and 15 glasses of the pineapple ong lai cocktail every night.Ms Doreen Lee, owner of Joyous JellyArt, which offers artisan jellies, created an intricate pineapple jelly to show her support for Mr Tharman.
Joyous JellyArt owner Doreen Lee created an intricate pineapple jelly to show her support for Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam.Mr Benny Foo, co-founder of fruit hamper business The First Fruits, said: “When our team first heard that Tharman’s campaign symbol was a pineapple, we immediately burst out laughing.