Good news, folks! The 48-year-old bakery Hoover Cake Shop, which recently announced its closure due to the owners' wish to retire, will be returning next year with a brand new name and look.
In a recent post on Hoover Cake Shop's Facebook page, the bakery revealed that they will return next year under a new name, Hong Kong Hoover Cake Shop 1977, and will join hands with The Academïcs Group to keep things running. The bakery also ensures patrons that they will be able to enjoy the same traditional flavours, and hopes to offer new creations that can blend together the old and the new.
The revamped bakery has yet to announce its new address but is currently recruiting folks with an interest in traditional Hong Kong baked goods to join the team.
As one of the oldest shops in Kowloon City, Hoover Cake Shop has remained true to its era throughout the years with its traditional layout, maroon-coloured tiled walls, a large glass cake cabinet, and its vintage floral cake boxes. The bakery is most famous for its freshly baked puff pastry egg tarts, coconut tarts, walnut cakes, Swiss rolls, and many more. During its heyday, thousands of egg tarts were sold every day, with queues sometimes stretching as far as the next block – even Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat was a regular customer.
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