Description

Our project aims to automate the cooking of wanton mee, while retaining the traditional wanton mee taste as much as possible by simulating the process of cooking wanton mee by hand

Vision

Wanton mee is probably something that, if you live in or around Singapore, you’ve probably grown up eating. To us, wanton mee is a dish that encapsulates and represents a facet of food culture in Singapore: a big cultural icon, yet also a surprisingly fragile childhood memory. Facing an ageing population as well as dying interest from the youth, the trade of hawking is currently on the decline in Singapore – and with it goes the taste of many traditional foods that become lost underneath the convenience of modern-day fast food.

Looking at the elderly hawkers who struggle to find young apprentices, as well as the young hawkers who work alone in the midst of a dwindling labour supply for hawking, we aim to reduce the amount of labour needed in producing a single plate of noodles by automating this process