{"id":347,"date":"2005-08-11T00:10:47","date_gmt":"2005-08-11T00:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=347"},"modified":"2005-08-11T00:10:47","modified_gmt":"2005-08-11T00:10:47","slug":"yeeeeeeah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/yeeeeeeah\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeeeeeeah!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So my favourite daan taat place, the Tai Cheong Bakery, has a new home! And the irony is: It’s across the street from their old location! <\/em><\/strong>
\nFrom the unlinkable South China Morning Post:
\nWhile the $60,000-plus rent is much higher than the $38,000 the bakery had paid, it is considerably lower than the $80,000 the former landlord demanded.
\n“We’ve decided not to raise the price of our egg tarts despite the rising cost, and people can still get them for just $3.50 each,” Mr Au Yeung said. “As an additional way to help cover the extra rent, we will also sell tea and coffee to take away. It’s trendy and is what people want.
\n“We treasure our loyal customers and they can expect to find the same Tai Cheong – down to the shop’s old decoration – up and running again next month.”<\/em>
\nThat’s still a pretty steep rent increase (US$2831 vs. the US$5400 a month that they wanted in the old place), but they will be back in business.
\nThey’re going to have to sell a LOT of coffee\/tea. But I’m glad that they are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So my favourite daan taat place, the Tai Cheong Bakery, has a new home! And the irony is: It’s across the street from their old location! From the unlinkable South China Morning Post: While the $60,000-plus rent is much higher than the $38,000 the bakery had paid, it is considerably lower than the $80,000 the … <\/p>\n

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