We are two friends from school, and we want to share the noodles we grew up eating, and the ones we enjoy making. We hope to make both traditional and non-traditional noodle soups, especially when we travel, we hope to incorporate locally sourced ingredients into your East Asian inspired noodles dishes.
Being from Hong Kong, I have had the privilege to be exposed to a huge variety of cuisines. However, ever since I started University in the UK, I found that the only way to enjoy good food while saving money living in London, was to start cooking myself. From then on, I have found joy not only in eating good food but also seeing the happy faces when others enjoy the food I made. Even after I started working as a Data Scientist in the city, my mind still revolved around what I should get for lunch or what I should cook for dinner. This eventually led to the decision of starting a food truck after lockdown, when I have learnt that this is what I enjoy doing the most.
After growing up in a very multicultural Switzerland, where it was the norm to be invited to friends' houses for lunches or sleepovers, where parents who were originally from different backgrounds would serve me different cuisines than what I would’ve been used to at home. Therefore from an early age I’ve been fascinated by flavours and how you can incorporate them to make a dish stand out from the rest. I carried this on when I became a chef a few years ago, but unfortunately I lost my taste & smell to covid in early 2020, and yes it might just be good timing with my nervous system growing back, but coincidence or not, Godfrey’s noodles brought a smile back to my face after a very depressing year in terms of food. May as well share that feel-good feeling via East Asian noodles with as many people as possible.
Godfrey and Johnny meet at school in Hereford and a life long friendship and passion for noodles begins!
During lockdown we start cooking noodle dishes together. Experimenting with different flavours and recipes inspired by our travels, the Sen Noods menu begins to take shape.
Our first day trading was our local at our local market on Chatsworth Road. We began with a pop-up stall (see pic) whilst our van was in the garage.
Our lovely food truck arrives and we begin trading across London markets. Eventually signing up to KERB's incubator programme.