To start up his business, Aoki, drove an ice cream truck called Mr Softie, to collect the capital to open this restaurant. In the meantime, he was also wrestling and studying courses in restaurant management. He would drive in Harlem, selling all kinds of ice creams with Japanese umbrellas to decorate them. As Harlem is not a friendly neighbourhood, he would paste posters of his wrestling career achievements on his ice cream truck. So, if anyone wants to get into a fight, they know he's not an easy target. By the year 1963, Aoki had $10,000 saved up.