[Michelin 2020] Dessert shop was accused of being a blue shop owner

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Written by: Wei Jingquan

2019-12-16 18:21

From summer solstice to winter, Hong Kong experienced a series of anti-revision storms, and even restaurants were involved in political conflicts. Some people initiated indiscriminate restaurants with different political views. In addition, conflicts continued to reduce the business of many small shops and forced them to close down.

The dessert shop "I love you dessert bar" recommended by the "Michelin Guide" last year, and two branches have also closed in the past six months. Owner Karen explained in an interview with "Hong Kong 01" that after the dessert shop was involved in the dispute of Huang Lanzheng, she was constantly disturbed by phone calls and received prank calls, and even touched her miscarriage. With both physical and mental exhaustion, in addition to stopping the expansion plans of the fine shops and large shops, they also decided to suspend business and rest, unable to challenge Michelin's honor again.

Regarding external criticism, she denies that she supports the police blindly, and also thinks that it should not be simply divided by color. "I am only right and wrong."

Inventory the list of new restaurants or shops last year (Michelin 2019):

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Mainly Japanese style "I love you dessert bar" combed with bamboo and halberd. Mong Kok shop has been listed on Michelin's "Bibimbone" recommendation list for two consecutive years, but the shop announced on Facebook page The month ended and the Causeway Bay branch was closed.

Thinking back to the original intention of opening the store, the owner Karen said that selling desserts at ordinary prices has always been her biggest wish. "I do n’t want to make a lot of money, I have always implemented it." The shops are going to be crushed. "

The Causeway Bay branch closed earlier, and now people have gone to the building. The long queue of diners is no longer there.

The shop was criticized on the Internet as a "blue shop" and its boss as a "red bottom" person. Boss Karen shouted helplessly, saying that she never criticized the demonstrators. She also readily agreed when an employee asked for a parade. "Okay, you go, I will bring you all together." She professed that she has always supported young people in their struggle for freedom. The cause is probably related to the police support statement that she had made in the early days of the anti-revision law. During the interview, she did not indicate her current personal position, but emphasized that she was "wrong with others".

As for the "red bottom", she explained that in recent years, her business has been developed by the National People's Congress to expand her business to the Mainland. "This is a business plan to return to our shop."

At present, relevant Facebook posts and screenshots of WhatsApp conversations are still circulating on the Internet, including police support and criticism of demonstrators to destroy restaurants, online attack speeches, etc .; afterwards, netizens have included them in blue shops and appealed for resistance.

During the interview, she also said that she knew that relevant screenshots were circulating on the Internet, and explained that some related Facebook posts were set to be public at that time. Later, she was "screenshot" put on the Internet and even smeared by "bottom". Because of various criticisms and attacks related to the dismissal of an employee in July this year, Karen tends to believe that the two or related, and the dismissal decision does not involve political differences, but declined to disclose the reasons.

The reporter visited the Mong Kok branch and found that the store had also been closed. According to Karen, long before the anti-repair storm, he had already found another shop with a larger area, but he was temporarily shelving the plan. (Photo by Hou Cailin)

She pointed out that currently, on average, more than a hundred unknown calls are received daily, including various discount registration confirmations, promotion of skin care treatments, hotel buffet wheelchair double seat reservations, loans, marriage invitations, etc. It is believed that someone maliciously used her. Register different items by phone and profile. Among the many nuisances of calls, Karen was most saddened by calls for services such as small birth conditioning and artificial conception, because she experienced small births at the beginning of the year, and lamented that someone deliberately sprinkled salt on the wound.

In addition, since then, FEHD staff have frequently reported to inspections, and even the inspectors have wondered: "Are you offending people?" And the Causeway Bay branch even tried to break the glass. Faced with various pressures, she decided to postpone the relocation and expansion plan, and closed the two stores in July and September.

"I love you dessert bar" focuses on Japanese style combo, but its Mong Kok branch announced earlier on its FB page that it has closed with honor due to lease issues. (Screenshot of `` I love you dessert bar '' FB page)

In the face of various pressures, Karen stated that she would not fall back, "I am a strong person, and I would not recover." Instead, she thought that it was an opportunity for her to redeploy her business, and the closure of the two stores did not hinder her livelihood. Even if she was plagued by nuisance calls, she did not plan to change her mobile phone number to "save disaster", nor did she intend to call the police for help, "I will help me."

At present, she only hopes to return to calm as soon as possible. "Screams and pains. When you need to rest, you can only face it in the most peaceful way." Karen smiled bitterly and told reporters that he had been engaged in the catering industry for more than ten years and had been busy. If nothing happened suddenly, "there is nothing to do with you."

Talking about graduation, she lamented that the biggest loss was the separation from employees. "Employees are my assets and everything else is foreign." If I can reopen the store in the future, will I hire the same staff? "Will."

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