There he was on a Thursday night, Rolex watch on wrist, decked in office wear, frying up a batch of noodles. This was Tan Kue Kim, known in Singapore as the "Rolex mee master." (Mee is a term for noodles in Singapore and Malaysia).
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Noodle master Tan Kue Kim, wearing his trademark Rolex watch, fries up fare for a customer in January. He died the following month. (Photo by Dylan Loh)
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