Hot and Unbothered

Peter Pang is the founder of Big JJ Seafood Hotpot in Central. Pang takes hotpot seriously. Himself? Not nearly as much

By Tara Sobti.

What were you doing before starting Big JJ Seafood Hotpot? I ran a little food stall serving local street food including rice rolls and fishballs in Sheung Wan, opposite the Western Market. Before this, I was a struggling bank employee. What led you open Big JJ Seafood Hotpot? It was 2020, everyone was working from home, and our food stall business [was struggling] to survive. We did not want to fire anyone, but there was not enough work for them. So I asked my staff if they wanted to work an extra shift in a new location and see if we could make it through. They said yes, and we got lucky. “Noisy, rude and overrated” is the tagline of your restaurant. What inspired this? I did not plan to…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2023

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