Junyang opened his first-ever hawker stall, called Oppa Kitchen, at the kopitiam co-owned by Chor Meng and Dennis Chew. Did his “wonderful landlords” give him a rental discount?
We wanted to explore new ventures, but there was too much unpredictability during Covid with all the evolving dine-in measures and working-from-home, it made things very challenging,” shares Junyang.
While he declined to reveal how much he and his biz partners lost from the closures, he says they “weren't [badly] burnt in the past few years”.A fan of hawker culture, Junyang jumped at the opportunity to start his first hawker concept when Chor Meng invited him to open a stall at Tam Chiak Kopitiam. The latter’s hawker stallfor six years before he took over operations at the coffee shop.
Calling them “wonderful landlords” who’re always looking out for him, Junyang says: “It's very unlikely I will find other landlords like them. I don't know if they gave me a discount [for the stall rental], but I doubt it because that would be very unfair to the rest of the tenants.”“No, I’ll focus on this one for now. Unless Chor Meng plans to open another coffee shop then I’ll join him. That would be the ideal situation.
You can’t miss Oppa Kitchen with its bright neon lights, colourful signboard, quirky mascot, which is modelled after theirChef Nick used to work at popular Korean chicken galbi restaurant chain Yoogane and was part of the team that helped set up its Singapore franchise in 2015. After he left Yoogane in 2021, he worked as an F&B consultant.
It was at Yoogane that Nick got to know Junyang’s biz partner and became fast friends with the singer. “Nick would cook for us during gatherings, so when we, a gang of not-so-young guys, decided to start this business, we named it Oppa Kitchen,” says Junyang.with three partners from Junyang’s boat noodle chain, cost around $50K to set up.You won’t be seeing Junyang much at the stall.
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