NFT-inspired restaurant Bored and Hungry will set up pop-up shop during Philippine Blockchain Week

Food Fighters Universe (FFU), the world’s first non-fungible token (NFT) restaurant group, is bringing its famous Bored and Hungry pop-up shop to Philippine Blockchain Week.

Oscar G. Tan-Abing, Jr., one of the conveners of the event and founder of Anotoys Collectiverse, said Bored and Hungry, in partnership with restaurateur Charles Paw’s Tasteless Food Group, will fly its chefs to the country and deliver the “best burger experience” for Filipino NFT enthusiasts and non-NFT enthusiasts.

Bored and Hungry is a concept restaurant that uses NFTs from the Bored Ape Yacht Collection for its brand identity. Recent American TV show Good morning America named its OG Trill Burger “Best Burger in America.”

The first Bored and Hungry was only going to be a pop-up shop. Since it was attracting lines of customers every day, the company decided to make the restaurant permanent.

First stop in Southeast Asia

“The Philippines is the first Southeast Asian country to have the Bored and Hungry pop-up store. The country is really a very important market for NFTs and Web3,” he said, noting that FFU has only two locations so far, one in Long Beach, California and soon in Gangnam, South Korea.

The Bored and Hungry pop-up store will be located in the lobby of the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Newport World Resorts, Pasay City and will be open for three days only, from November 29 to December 1.

“People attending the conferences can bring their family and friends to experience Bored and Hungry,” Tan-Abing said.

Aside from burgers, Bored and Hungry fans will have the chance to enjoy one of the first officially licensed BAYC phygital (physical and digital) merchandise in the country from Anotoys Collectiverse through the collaboration with BAYCkada.

The biggest names in Web3

Tan-Abing also revealed that Bored and Hungry co-founder Andy Nguyen himself will be coming to the event and will have a private audience with the Ape community and several other blue chip NFT communities. Nguyen is behind some of the most popular restaurants in the US such as Afters Ice Cream, Hello Kitty Cafe Las Vegas, Trill Burgers, Matte Black Coffee and Dough & Arrow, among others.

“PBW brings only the best. It is indeed an exciting time for NFT enthusiasts in the country,” he said.

The first event will feature the biggest names in blockchain technology, crypto and web3. Over 100 speakers including Bitcoin Pioneer Charlie Shrem, E! Entertainment co-founder Larry Namer, 1inch co-founder Sergej Kunz and IP3 co-founder and Batfilm Productions producer David Uslan are expected to speak at the event.

Philippine Blockchain Week is powered by the following major sponsors 1inch, Tetrix, NChain, GCash, Coins.ph, DVCode, Ark of Dreams, iPay88 and Maya.

For tickets, conference schedules and other information about PBW, visit www.philippineblockchainweek.com.

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