Takopachi

Armed with a strong passion for high-quality food, our founder, Takeda Yohei left his native Japan for Singapore to pursue his dreams of introducing Japanese Takoyaki to Singaporeans via the Takopachi brand name. During that time in 1994, he was the only person with the foresight and courage to look beyond convention and believe that Takoyaki could be popular outside of Japan. This was despite his being relatively young at 26 years old. Everyone else had felt that this was an exclusively-Japanese snack that could not be accepted by people from other cultures and with different tastes. However, trusting his instinct and vision, Yohei took his big step out and became the pioneer of Takoyaki outside of Japan. Acquiring a pushcart at Clark Quay, he took his first step towards introducing the Takopachi blend of takoyaki to the rest of the world, and has never looked back since.