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My heart and fingers are incredibly heavy as I type this. The reason? Sixth Floor Oyster Cake, one of my favourite places at Northshore Plaza to dabao yummy oyster cakes has just announced on its Instagram that both of their outlets will be shutting down permanently after 28 Sep 2025. Why are all my favourite food places throwing in the towel one by one? It certainly seems like a lot of food and beverage businesses are facing significant challenges these days. Sigh.
Back in 2020, Sixth Floor Oyster Cake was just a humble home business operating from a sixth-floor HDB unit in Punggol (hence the name). The owner, Mr Khung Wai Yeen, left the corporate world to start selling oyster cakes as he couldn’t find any delicious ones in Singapore at that time.
What I love about their oyster cakes is the fact that its various choices cater to a larger target audience. Instead of just the Original (S$3.70), there is also Mala (S$3.90), Scallop (S$4.20), and my favourite Kimchi (S$3.70). Even my partner, who doesn’t eat seafood, enjoys the W/O Oyster (S$3.70) and Meat Only (S$3.90) options.
In recent months, the company has seen a decline in its sales volume. Despite downsizing their workforce and working closely with their suppliers to minimise costs, Sixth Floor Oyster cake still couldn’t make ends meet to continue running the business. Due to staff shortage, they have also apologised for the decline in service quality. Thus, to retain the brand’s reputation, they have made the painful but necessary decision to shut down before things get worse.
Singaporean influencer, Simon Khung, better known as Simonboy, happens to be Wai Yeen’s younger brother and is also the ambassador for the brand. I reached out to him and he commented that his brother is devastated having built the brand from scratch and watching it grow from a home-based to three F&B outlets.
“He sacrificed a great deal but I’m proud of him for putting on a good fight. I’m also partially relieved that he won’t be as stressed,” Simon added.
Since the announcement, a few of their loyal customers have also been commenting on their socials, asking whether they would consider going back to doing home-based business, just like old times.
Well, all I can do now is cross my fingers and pray that they do. I didn’t discover them when they were home-based, but many have said that the quality was so much better then. Do you agree? For now, I have less than 2 weeks to enjoy my Kimchi oyster puffs one last time.
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