Fattys is closing 29 June 2026

[Quickstatus]

Sounds like Fattys is closing 29June 2026 after 100 years

Time again to go back to Fattys and say hello and goodbye to Skinny.

 

[Hvr]

I guess IYKYK.

 

[jase05]

Sounds like Fattys is closing 29June 2026 after 100 years

Time again to go back to Fattys and say hello and goodbye to Skinny.

That’s sad when an establishment like that closes. Will have to try and get there for one last serve of the delicious pork ribs

 

[Quickstatus]

I guess IYKYK

AFF always K

 

[Ade]

Sounds like Fattys is closing 29June 2026 after 100 years

Time again to go back to Fattys and say hello and goodbye to Skinny.

AFF always K

May be an AFF meetup at Fattys? A quick hop and skip?

 

[exLXCXFF]

Happy to join - based in SG!

 

[prozac]

That’s sad when an establishment like that closes. Will have to try and get there for one last serve of the delicious pork ribs

Good memories from '70s

 

[Quickstatus]

Good memories from '70s

from '10s for me

 

[anat0l]

I only heard of this place now.

So shoot me, but I am passing through Singapore in a couple of days, so maybe time to have a first and final call.

 

[Quickstatus]

I only heard of this place now.

Maybe Skinny (son of Fatty) will still do the apocryphal "Qantas Standard order" I've not ordered it preferring my own.

Apparently it's BBQ pork ribs, chicken claypot and some Tsingtao beers. Can't go wrong here

I would add in the Kway Teow, any fried bean curd and Sharks fin.

Don't know if there are standard orders for other airlines

 

[Forg]

from '10s for me

You’re pretty intarwebz-savvy for an over-125-year-old!!

 

[Hvr]

The Singapore restaurant Qantas pilots flock to

For more than 70 years, Qantas pilots landing in Singapore have been heading to one restaurant for dinner.

www.theage.com.au

Found it.

 

[anat0l]

Maybe Skinny (son of Fatty) will still do the apocryphal "Qantas Standard order" I've not ordered it preferring my own.

Apparently it's BBQ pork ribs, chicken claypot and some Tsingtao beers. Can't go wrong here

I would add in the Kway Teow, any fried bean curd and Sharks fin.

Don't know if there are standard orders for other airlines

I don't see BBQ pork ribs on the menu. I do see pork spare ribs, but it doesn't necessarily say they are BBQ'd, and I'm fair (fare?) gaming that they won't be, e.g. they may just be braised; the Chinese text doesn't suggest BBQ action unlike the BBQ pork also on the menu, which is the staple cha siu, not ribs, though. There's also black bean pork ribs, which I assume is a version of the yum cha classic which is also delicious.

The article given by @Hvr seems to imply that the claypot chicken is rather spicy, which is interesting as again the menu text (or at least in Chinese) doesn't seem to imply it going that way. But if that's what it is, then so be it.

The Qantas order seems to be also accompanied by some spring rolls.

 

[jb747]

Nobody has pork ribs at Fatties. You start with spring rolls. Nuclear chicken, sweet and sour pork, pepper prawns. Tsing tau.

 

[Quickstatus]

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I don't see BBQ pork ribs on the menu. I do see pork spare ribs,

That's the one.. it's not BBQ but fried and often don't contain rib bones. I just call it that because they usually are marinated with hoisin sauce aka Chinese bbq sauce

claypot chicken is rather spicy,

Not spicy - the chilli is a garnish.

 

[jb747]

Most of the time, we didn't even order. Stuff just came, and we eventually paid the bill. There were various theories as to how the bill was worked out, but $30 flag fall, and $30 per hour seemed to work. When Fatty was alive, it was even less possible to work out, and probably varied depending upon which airline you were from.

It's very sad to hear that it's closing, but I guess it's a generational thing. It's such a well known institution that you expect someone would take it over, but without Skinny and Alvin, it just wouldn't be the same.

 

[Quickstatus]

In a Cantonese/Chinese restaurant, you could order from the menu or just tell the manager what you wanted which may or may not be on the menu, or a variation of the menu - the price then is whatever they come up with, which is usually in the ballpark of the dishes in the menu

Which is why sometimes you see stuff not on the menu