Lao Liang's pig trotter jelly, a dish almost nobody makes any more, ends on 31 October

Few stalls still make pig trotter jelly. After 31 October, there is one fewer.

Pig trotter jelly is one of those dishes you either grew up on or have never seen, and after 31 October it gets harder to find. The elderly couple behind Lao Liang at Berseh Food Centre in Jalan Besar told Lianhe Zaobao they are retiring at the end of the month. Their children have jobs of their own and won't take over, and the couple say they don't want them to.

The reason is in the dish. Trotter jelly is pork simmered for hours and left to set in its own gelatin, then sliced cold: a lot of work for a plate that not many people order. The owners told the paper it is labour-intensive and costly for little profit, which is why so few stalls still bother. They have been at Berseh since 1998, after earlier pitches on Hill Street and Theatre Street, and their day starts at 3am for a 10am opening.

Our advice: go on a weekday before the final week, when every regular will have the same idea, and order the jelly alongside the shark meat that gives the stall the rest of its name. The couple haven't published a closing time or rest days, so go early in the day rather than risk a shuttered stall in the afternoon. Berseh is near Jalan Besar MRT, and the rest of the centre keeps trading after the 31st, so there is no shortage of second lunches.

Good to know Lao Liang Pig Trotter Jelly & Shark Meat, #02-37 Berseh Food Centre, 166 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208877. Last day Saturday 31 October 2026, according to the owners' interview with Lianhe Zaobao (as reported by Mothership); the stall has no website or social page of its own that we could find. Opens 10am; closing time and rest days not published. Nearest MRT: Jalan Besar.

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Lao Liang Pig Trotter Jelly & Shark Meat, Berseh Food Centre | #02-37 Berseh Food Centre, 166 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208877