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Raymond Hou (Fire Pop) - Stick to it

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Lamb skewers sold for a dollar at the first Chinatown night market, then jumped to $1.50.
FirePop begins.

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A patient look at how a cheap skewer hustle became a lasting Enmore restaurant.

Raymond Hou's path runs from a scrappy skewer business to Firepop, a brick and mortar place in Enmore shaped by pop up habits, Chinatown hustle, and a lot of patience.

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A grounded origin story for a restaurant that grew out of pop-up energy and a skewer hustle in Enmore.

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