Ex-Mr Lorbak Hawker, Now A Restaurant GM, Back With Pop-Up Stall At Food Court
When popular soy-braised pork hawker chain Mr Lorbak was forced to shut its doors back in 2020 due to heavy losses during the pandemic, owner William Liou, 38, tells 8days.sg that he “cried so hard”. He shares candidly: “To watch the brand grow from nothing to something so prominent was a humbling experience. So when I had to shut down, it felt like I was throwing away five years of hard work”.
Prior to becoming a hawker, the Shatec grad was a chef at Kopi Tiam restaurant in Swissotel The Stamford and general manager of F&B group Sprmrkt, so it’s no surprise that he became general manager of the Akashi Group of restaurants after Mr Lorbak winded down. William has been working at Akashi for four years now, and tells us he got the job as Akashi’s second-generation owner is his close friend.
Akashi owns F&B concepts like Japanese restaurants Akashi, Akanoya, plus Chinese eatery London Fat Duck, and modern food court Singapore Jiak.
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