Difficult awakening this Sunday morning for the Chinese owners of the Yuki Sushi restaurant in Boulogne-Billancourt. The police called them to warn them that their restaurant had been covered, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, with racist graffiti
"Coronavirus, get out, virus" could be read on the storefront. The owners arrived quickly, accompanied by family members, to clean up these inscriptions.
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"We are shocked, of course," said Xu, the manager's nephew, himself a tobacconist at Vanves. We never imagined that in Boulogne-Billancourt. My uncle has been in this restaurant for 20 years and has never heard a racist remark from a customer. "
"It feels like it has only just started"
Yuki Sushi is usually closed until Sunday evening. The family filed a complaint this Sunday noon. "We are worried because it seems like it has only just started," said Xu. We can clearly see the Chinese traders who are struggling in Paris… ”
The owners of the Boulonnais restaurant are also following the news on the spread of the coronavirus in Asia. “The province from which we come is little affected, there are a few hundred cases but that occupies all conversations. I have family in Italy and they are worried too ”, continues the young man.
"All the customers were shocked"
It was the customers of the neighboring Hyper Casher store, which opens at 8:30 am on Sunday, who warned the police of these degradations. To access the supermarket on the porch, they necessarily pass by the window of the Japanese restaurant.
"I saw it when I got there, I thought it was stupid, really, it is anything," says Aaron, butcher of the Hyper Kosher. Frankly it's nasty. All the customers were shocked. "
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"Do such an act, I do not understand the interest," laments Michèle, a neighbor. The restaurant will open as usual this Sunday evening.