Classic Hong Kong bakery Happy Cake Shop to close after 45 years in business as landlord takes back premises
- Happy Cake Shop leaves fans miserable after it announces it will close its Wan Chai operation at the start of next month
- Shop joins list of city food institutions that have shut down in recent times.
A bakery that became a Hong Kong institution is to shut its doors for good after almost a half-century in business.
Happy Cake Shop, in Wan Chai, will join a string of classic city food outlets, such as Mido Cafe and the Jumbo Seafood Restaurant, that have ceased operations in recent times.
A notice posted online said the bakery, on Queen’s Road East, would serve its last customer on August 2 because the property owner was to take back the site.
“We want to thank our customers for their support over the past 45 years, we hope that we will have the chance to see you again in Wan Chai,” the notice said.
But it highlighted that customers could still visit its other branch in Ma On Shan in the New Territories.
The bakery is well-known for its Hong Kong-style cream-puff pastry and sweet fritters, and it also sells classics such as pineapple buns and egg tarts.
