Japanese to launch Singapore Asahi Bar

A Japanese entrepreneur is elevating money to open the primary Asahi Tremendous Dry Additional Chilly Bar in Singapore by the yr’s finish.

Seiki Takahashi, who has beforehand opened and managed greater than 50 eating places globally, is looking for to boost US$10 million to broaden Japanese restaurant and bar ideas into new markets.

Final December, Takahashi launched the GP Asia Pacific Hospitality & Way of life LP fund, which owns the franchise rights to the ASahi bar idea, the place the Japanese brewer’s beer is served at under zero temperatures.

The Singapore Asahi Bar is predicted to seek out comparable favour with clients as namesake bars in Japan and South Korea, in line with studies.

Analysis carried out by the Japan Tourism Company exhibits foreigners rank consuming Japanese meals because the most-liked exercise within the Asian nation – forward of even sightseeing. Takahashi is one among a rising group of entrepreneurs who needs to take genuine Japanese eating and consuming experiences into different nations.

“Japanese manufacturers are appreciated in Asia. We need to convey these valued meals and drinks as contents of way of life to different nations.”

His fund will prolong past the Asahi idea. He informed Bloomberg in an interview that he would would spend money on “no less than 5 offers in Singapore, the US and Hong Kong”. One is the Miyabi Steak & Seafood Home a Teppanyaki type restaurant idea he’ll open in Denver, Colorado.

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