After almost 2 years of trading as a pop up shop, we are proudly and excited to announce that Pop Up Wok are going to have our very first fixed location - Pop Up Wok HQ 爆大鑊. You probably will hear people talking about name with smile or even laughing. We will not blame you and actually quite happy about that. Since it is a quite playful name, we decided to make a funny Chinese name as well. 爆大鑊, when you pronounce it in Cantonese, it is as “bouncy” as the English one. But mor

Running a pop up stall is not easy. Weather is one of the big issues. Weather forecast can only help a little, since no one can really predict the weather in the UK. We can deal with rain, even snow. However, we cannot handle strong winds quite well. 16mph wind played a huge part of the incident. If you haven’t heard of it yet, let me tell you the whole story. Last Tuesday morning we went for the pop up as usual. However, we spent almost an hour longer than usual to set

Pop Up Wok would like to serve customers something new every few months. Although we really want to introduce the concept of Sou Gaai (sweeping the street), many customers request for something with bigger portion to stuff their tummy. Molly and I started thinking, are there anything we can introduce from Hong Kong? Few ideas came up. How about Cart Noodle (車仔麵)? Got different types of noodles, and different toppings to choose with. But locals are not really into soup no

Pop Up Wok was started in 2017 by Northumbria graduates Molly Chan and Lucia Tsoi. They were shocked to discover Hong Kong street food wasn’t available in the UK because Chinese food and culture was so popular! Molly and Lucia came up with the idea to bring authentic Hong Kong street food to the Toon. Their menu will change on a regular basis as they introduce more and more of the most popular Hong Kong street foods to their stall. There are over 100 varieties of street food

So excited! We are developing our website! #PopUpWokJourney