opening steamed potato shop

• Vosh

  18 Sep 11, 16:23

  I am a girl with big dream , 17 this year and taking O levels . I suddenly thought of an idea to open a shop in future : If i were to open a shop in future or when, Theme : Steamed Potato .. with all sorts of flavourings and ingredients , ranging from egg to seafood . Will teenagers and adults like it ? Please give me some honest feedback. Thanks.
• Loor

  19 Sep 11, 15:14

  I personally would go - though i'm not a teenager. Chicken, pineapple, cheese, sour cream.

  Generally a healthier alternative to fast food and others - though dunno how popular it'd be in a non kantang state.

• FireIce

  19 Sep 11, 15:21

  wat kind of potatoes will u be using?

• Darkness_hacker99

  19 Sep 11, 15:22

  nice, a potato speciality shop

• hisoka

  19 Sep 11, 15:47

  well there are already baked potato shops around. Value proposition for switching steamed to baked?

• NeverSayGoodBye

  19 Sep 11, 22:10

  I love potatoes...how long must I wait for your dream to come true?

• Loor

  20 Sep 11, 10:37

  Originally posted by hisoka:

  well there are already baked potato shops around. Value proposition for switching steamed to baked?

  
  yes...good point.

  do the existing shops do well?

• JerryJan

  21 Sep 11, 10:22

  

• JerryJan

  21 Sep 11, 10:24

  Barbie we ate at KSL JB nice  

• Lokey

  21 Sep 11, 10:46

  Originally posted by Vosh:

  I am a girl with big dream , 17 this year and taking O levels . I suddenly thought of an idea to open a shop in future : If i were to open a shop in future or when, Theme : Steamed Potato .. with all sorts of flavourings and ingredients , ranging from egg to seafood . Will teenagers and adults like it ? Please give me some honest feedback. Thanks.

  potato contain a lot of carbohydrates. It make people FAT.

  IT is better you open a salad bar, with wraps.

• Loor

  21 Sep 11, 14:54

  Originally posted by JerryJan:

  

  
  this one look like it has alot of toppings and sauce.

• JerryJan

  21 Sep 11, 22:31

  alot cheese with mashed potato

  nice to eat, shiok

• Aneslayer

  21 Sep 11, 22:33

  eh... no one mentions sweet potato...

• Rooney9

  21 Sep 11, 22:35

  must sell all sorts of potato, like mashed potato, cheese potato, fried potato, sweet potato etc

• Darkness_hacker99

  21 Sep 11, 23:23

  Please don't commercialize your future potato shop.  I don't like commercial kangtang like old chang kee.

  The potato of modern generation requires love in handmaking, and not machine.

• Aneslayer

  21 Sep 11, 23:45

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  Please don't commercialize your future potato shop.  I don't like commercial kangtang like old chang kee.

  The potato of modern generation requires love in handmaking, and not machine.

  Eh... bottomline is sustainability. The handmaking part is what kills the loving in tradition food making....

• Fcukpap

  21 Sep 11, 23:59

  with so many kang tang accent around....i m sure your biz will be good....

  miss potato...lol.....MISS POTATO can be a nice name and means both ways...

  

• mancha

  22 Sep 11, 00:16

  Start with a cart.

  And build up your dream from there.

• Susanteo2011

  22 Sep 11, 00:29

  Originally posted by Vosh:

  I am a girl with big dream , 17 this year and taking O levels . I suddenly thought of an idea to open a shop in future : If i were to open a shop in future or when, Theme : Steamed Potato .. with all sorts of flavourings and ingredients , ranging from egg to seafood . Will teenagers and adults like it ? Please give me some honest feedback. Thanks.

   

   

  hear already make me wanna puke liao leh....................

   

   

• Darkness_hacker99

  22 Sep 11, 00:50

  Originally posted by mancha:

  Start with a cart.

  And build up your dream from there.

  
   yes! I'll buy from vosh!

• Loor

  22 Sep 11, 10:50

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  Please don't commercialize your future potato shop.  I don't like commercial kangtang like old chang kee.

  The potato of modern generation requires love in handmaking, and not machine.

  
  hopefully a baked potato setup wouldn't need too many machines.

  baked the potato, take care of the ingredients. Not much machine created needed i wouldn't think.

  a cart start sounds like a good idea.

• mancha

  22 Sep 11, 11:24

  Get some inspiration from Erich Wuerstelstand

  http://ieatishootipost.sg/2006/11/erichs-wuerstelstand-last-sausage-kiosk.html

   

• Seth T.

  23 Sep 11, 08:39

  Your dishes must taste excellent in order to retain customers! Best of luck pursuing your dreams!
• storywolf

  23 Sep 11, 15:56

  sorry to burst your dream.  It will most likely to failed.

  Yes it is a nice picture - perfectly steam potatoes and people eating it happily. But the real world is not so.

  Rental is expensive- even a cart nowaday cost  Thousand dollars - how many potatoes you have to sell per day to pay for rental and your salary. 
  
  Steam is time consuming result in lower  customer turnover - also it is hot they take longer time to eat it - long turnover of tables. = less business.
  
  How long can your potatoes take to steam ? 
  After steaming that how long can it be keep at that stage without taste and texture changes ? 

• gorgorlokaychyong

  23 Sep 11, 15:59

  You can consider to go for more selection.     Serve steamed, mashed, baked and fried potatoes.     Come out with your own creation for gravy.