from Ng to NgON
Two friends, a lot of test batches, and a red-and-white gazebo. Five steps from a conversation in Nottingham to a stall people could actually order from.
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late 2025
it started as a conversation
Two Vietnamese friends in Nottingham, talking about the food we missed. No business plan yet. Just what we wanted to eat here.
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june 2026
N, then Ng, then NgON
We posted one letter at a time before we posted a single bánh mì. Made by hand, from scratch, with the goal of building something crunchy.
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test kitchen
we got it wrong a lot
The beef came from bò né. Avocado went into the chicken one to fix a taste test that wasn't working. Tofu Fly took a few versions before we stopped adding things and let the tofu be the filling.
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july 2026
first póp úp
The Garage, Chilwell. Two mornings, limited numbers, and the first time anyone outside our own kitchen got to order.
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what's next
more of Nottingham
A second póp úp is on the way. Same city, different corner of it. @ngon_vai gets it first.
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from Ng to NgON