“Yellow shop” Yau Lei Bistro & Biggap Suspected of Rent Arrears and Eviction; Wang Chung-yin’s Neighbouring Happy Belly to Close on July 9 — Diners: “If We Agree to Meet Again, We Will”
黃店友利冰室疑涉欠租收舖 鄰店王宗堯 Happy Belly 受牽連 7.9 結業 食客：約定再見就會再見
The “yellow shop” Yau Lei Bistro & Biggap was reported to have unpaid wages and rent. Its staff announced online last Saturday (June 29) that its two branches in Prince Edward and Lai Chi Kok had suspended business because supplies had been exhausted. It was also issued a fire-safety summons after items allegedly blocked an escape route, and did not send a representative to appear in court. Happy Belly, a snack shop run by actor Wang Chung-yin and his wife Julia, has been subletting the premises of Yau Lei’s original Prince Edward branch. In a post yesterday (July 4), it said that it had not been involved in any debt problems since opening at the end of last year, but would suspend business next Tuesday (July 9) to facilitate the landlord’s recovery of Yau Lei’s rent arrears and repossession of the premises, until further notice. It thanked Yau Lei, saying: “Without Yau Lei Bistro & Biggap, there would be no Happy Belly.” Many diners expressed regret and wished the Happy Belly team a good rest while awaiting a new location and a comeback: “If we agree to meet again, we will.”
「黃店」友利冰室傳出拖糧欠租，店員上周六（6 月 29 日）網上宣布因「物資耗盡」，太子及荔枝角兩間分店暫停營業，因雜物涉阻塞走火通道被消防票控，亦無派代表出庭應訊。正就七一立會案暴動罪服刑的藝人王宗堯，與妻子 Julia 經營的小食店 Happy Belly，一直分租友利太子始創分店舖位，昨日（4 日）發文交代，指去年底開業以來從未涉及債務問題，但為配合業主追討友利欠租及收舖，將於下周二（9 日）暫停營業，直至另行通告，並感謝友利：「如果沒有友利冰室，就沒有 Happy Belly。」不少食客感到不捨，留言祝 Happy Belly 仝人好好休息，等待另覓新址東山再起：「說了再見約定再見就會再見」。