Ma Kar-for, owner of Hop Hing Noodle Ka at his restaurant in Kwun Tong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen Ma Kar-for, owner of Hop Hing Noodle Ka at his restaurant in Kwun Tong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Ma Kar-for, owner of Hop Hing Noodle Ka at his restaurant in Kwun Tong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Lifestyle /  Food & Drink

Hong Kong beef noodle shop the latest victim of protests, coronavirus, and an inflexible landlord

  • Hop Hing Noodle Ka in Kwun Tong is closing after almost 50 years of providing delicious beef offal noodles and cuttlefish balls
  • Affected by the coronavirus and last year’s protests, owner Ma Kar-for asked for a rent reduction from his landlord, to no avail. He hopes to reopen elsewhere

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic: All stories
Bernice Chan
Bernice Chan

Updated: 1:05pm, 29 Apr, 2020

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Ma Kar-for, owner of Hop Hing Noodle Ka at his restaurant in Kwun Tong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen Ma Kar-for, owner of Hop Hing Noodle Ka at his restaurant in Kwun Tong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Ma Kar-for, owner of Hop Hing Noodle Ka at his restaurant in Kwun Tong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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