{"id":26829,"date":"2015-10-26T21:36:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T21:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=26829"},"modified":"2015-10-26T21:36:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T21:36:50","slug":"cardiff-crowdfunders-help-asian-takeaway-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/cardiff-crowdfunders-help-asian-takeaway-expand\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowdfunders help Asian takeaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crowdfunding campaign set up by Cardiff-based Asian takeaway branch, <a href=\"hokkei.co.uk\">Hokkei<\/a>, has paid off.<\/p>\n<p>Masterchef finalists Larkin Cen and Dale Williams set up Hokkei, based on Crwys Road, in 2014, and wanting to expand their takeaway business across Canton, Whitchurch and Cardiff Bay they asked residents for their help.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26830\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 403px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/Food_3_Hokkei_Big_JAL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-26830 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/Food_3_Hokkei_Big_JAL-403x312.jpg\" alt=\"Food_3_Hokkei_Big_JAL\" width=\"403\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26830 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/Food_3_Hokkei_Big_JAL-403x312.jpg\" alt=\"Food_3_Hokkei_Big_JAL\" width=\"403\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Hokkei is situated on Crwys Road in Cathays<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A crowdfunding campaign to raise \u00a3275,000 was set up on <a href=\"seedrs.com\">Seedrs<\/a> and after generous investments from local residents \u2013 including a massive \u00a350,000 investment from Welsh <em>Go Compare <\/em>entrepreneur Hayley Parsons \u2013 building work is underway to open their second venue.<\/p>\n<p>Larkin Cen said they wanted to continue to show that takeaway food does not have to be unhealthy or unpredictable, and though\u00a0building work has started, the new location is still under wraps for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hokkei to open new branch thanks to generous crowdfunding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":26830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4652,4653,22,3136,3737,2282],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-26829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-asian-cuisine","tag-crowdfunding","tag-food-2","tag-healthy-eating","tag-masterchef","tag-takeaway"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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