128 Circle

128 Circle Food Centre becomes the centre of national attention when a news crew does a fortieth anniversary piece on it. Underneath the happy veneer, however, is a dark cloud – the hawker centre is facing permanent closure.

Larry and his stall become the target of unrelenting harrassment from a gangster, Ah Seng, who wants to collect a forty-year-old debt on behalf of his dead father. Unable to cope with the untimely death of her husband, Aishah closes her mee rebus stall.

Dominic starts a petition to stop 128 Circle Food Centre from closing down. But not everyone is on his side. Audrey receives a marriage proposal she can’t refuse… except she does. Chandra has to return to India suddenly to visit a sick relative.

Aishah and Nurul discover that working together is a whole different ball game. Audrey and Yi Kai go out for a different kind of dessert but end up fleeing the stall together when Audrey insults thugs. Rani frets when Chandra doesn’t call her after arriving in India; could he have gone missing?

Larry and Ah Gek juggle the running of their stall with looking after their granddaughter, Michelle. Rani and Arun are visited by a mysterious stranger, Prakash, who claims to be Chandra’s son. And Yi Kai is visited at his stall by a familiar stranger… Julian, Audrey’s ex-fiancé.

Mr Owyang, a wealthy business mogul, visits 128 Circle Food Centre, sparking rumours that he might be buying it over. Dominic and Sherry are involved in an altercation at their stall that will have far-reaching consequences for 128 Circle.