{"id":9658,"date":"2025-11-07T16:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9658"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:28:32","slug":"london-chinese-restaurant-owner-amy-poon-on-keeping-things-steamy-at-her-new-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9658","title":{"rendered":"London Chinese restaurant owner Amy Poon on keeping things steamy at her new venture"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Opening any restaurant is a huge undertaking, but launching in Somerset House, an 18th-century historic building overlooking the River Thames in London, comes with its own set of challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, you can barely breathe in the building without asking permission,\u201d jokes culinary entrepreneur Amy Poon, who launched Poon\u2019s at Somerset House on November 5.<\/p>\n

Poon<\/span> says that restrictions became a problem when the builders discovered dampness in the basement just over a month before the restaurant was originally scheduled to open in September.<\/div>\n

The issue had to be resolved by meticulously drying the space out and sealing up leaks, which in part led to pushing the opening back two months \u2013 to November 5 \u2013 a date approved by Poon\u2019s mother Cecilia, who had the restaurant checked over by a feng shui master.<\/p>\n

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The interior of Poon\u2019s at Somerset House. Photo: Yuki Sugiura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It is a new endeavour for Poon, the founder of classic Chinese condiment brand Poon\u2019s London. But, while she may not have experience when it comes to opening a restaurant, she has food and hospitality in her blood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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