08/06/2026
🥟❤️ What a Day at Birchwood Carnival ❤️🥟
Yesterday was our second year at Birchwood Carnival. Last year we came with Bubble Tea and Bubble Waffles. This year we returned with Japanese Gyoza, and honestly, we had no idea what to expect.
We arrived before 9am to set up, with the parade and carnival officially starting at 12pm. By around 12:15pm, the queue had already started forming and from that point onwards we barely stopped cooking until nearly 4pm.
What surprised us most was how many customers arrived because somebody else had recommended us. Throughout the day we kept hearing things like, "Someone told us to try your gyoza" or "People have been talking about your stall." As a small family business, there really is no better compliment than that.
Another surprise was our best seller. We expected chicken to be the favourite, but yesterday it was our pork gyoza. Time after time we watched people bite into one, discover how juicy it was, then immediately tell their friends. Before long, those friends were joining the queue as well. It felt like the pork gyoza was doing its own marketing. 😂
Despite several sudden rain showers, the crowds never seemed to slow down. Our team was cooking as fast as we could, but demand just kept growing. Many customers weren't ordering a single box either – some orders were for three or four boxes at a time.
One of the highlights came at the end of the day while we were packing away. One of the organisers stopped by for a chat and told us that several visitors had gone out of their way to tell her how much they enjoyed our food. She then smiled and said, "Make sure you keep coming back every year."
That genuinely meant a lot to us.
Thank you Birchwood. Thank you Warrington. Thank you to everyone who queued, recommended us to friends, brought family members over, or simply stopped by to say hello. You turned a rainy carnival into one of our favourite events of the year.
After packing up, we even stayed in Warrington and grabbed dinner from a local independent business. It felt like a small way of saying thank you to a town that has always been so kind to us.
Hopefully we'll see you all again next year. ❤️🥟
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🥟❤️【估唔到喺 Birchwood Carnival 見到咁多香港家庭】❤️🥟
尋日我哋喺 Birchwood Carnival 擺檔賣日式煎餃子。
其實我哋上年都有參加呢個嘉年華會，不過上年賣嘅係雞蛋仔。今年就係第一次帶日式煎餃子過嚟。
原本以為活動主要都係本地英國家庭參加，點知尋日除咗好多白人街坊之外，竟然見到唔少香港家庭帶埋小朋友一齊過嚟玩。
更加令我哋開心嘅係，好多香港朋友都有過嚟我檔攤支持。
有家庭點咗點心拼盤，有小朋友食完燒賣之後即刻同爸爸媽媽講：「好好食呀！」聽到真係忍唔住從心笑出嚟。
最深刻嘅係其中一個香港家庭，一家四口竟然一人一盒煎餃子。😂
我雖然一直喺後面忙住煎餃子，但見到講廣東話嘅香港朋友，成日都忍唔住走去前面同老婆講：
「記得呀，講廣東話嗰啲，每人再送多兩隻餃子。」
搞到啲小朋友即刻笑晒。
個媽媽仲一臉驚訝問我：
「吓？真㗎？！」
😂😂😂
其實唔知點解，每次喺英國活動見到香港人，都總有種特別親切嘅感覺。
可能因為大家都離開咗自己熟悉嘅地方，嚟到另一個國家生活。當喺熱鬧嘅嘉年華會裡面突然聽到廣東話，總會有種見到自己人嘅感覺。
而尋日呢啲開心場面，其實由開檔一直持續到收檔。
雖然全日真係忙到飛起，由中午一直煎到下午，但我哋一家三口都過得非常開心。
身體的確有啲攰。
但個心係充實嘅。❤️
如果尋日因為太忙，未能夠同每一位香港家庭好好傾偈，又或者未有時間同大家打招呼，希望大家見諒。
有時見到熟悉嘅香港人面孔，聽到熟悉嘅香港廣東話，我真係好想停低同大家傾多幾句，不過前面排隊，後面又不停煎緊餃子，實在有啲分身不暇。😂
下次如果冇咁忙嘅話，我一定盡量親自出嚟同大家打個招呼，關心下大家近況，聽下大家喺 Warrington 嘅生活點滴。
最後，多謝每一位尋日過嚟支持我哋嘅香港朋友。
希望你哋同小朋友都玩得開心，食得開心。
亦都希望 Birchwood Carnival 為你哋一家人留下咗一個美好而難忘嘅回憶。❤️🥟
期待下次再見。
— OPPA Kitchen 一家三口 👨🍳👩🍳👦
P.S 收檔後去咗『一點甜』食野，專程支持返Warrington小店，支持返香港人開嘅舖頭。
