Founders

MOGU is a mixed family (Chinese-Indonesian-Dutch) owned restaurant.

August and Niek are cousins: "Having grown up in the Netherlands and being very close to our Indo-Chinese grandmother, food was always central when family came together!"

August: I happily lived in China for 5 years, loved the food, loved the student life and all the job opportunities. I graduated with honors from Peking University Masters, and just a month after, COVID happened. Due to the harsh lockdown, I came back to Europe. After I left I was missing the food big time. Should I open a restaurant now?

Dana: I had ate a lot of Malatang in New York. I put my career as a doctor on hold for a few months to help get MOGU off the ground!

Niek: I was with August in China in early 2019 and we ate plenty of Malatang and hot pot. I graduated hotel management in January 2023, I officially graduated from hotel management. The same week, I joined MOGU, which was basically an empty building at that time.

MOGU OPENED MAY 16th 2023