The design of the 5th Generation Cafe De Coral is to create a luxurious yet comfortable environment with the use of soothing color scheme, sophisticated furniture and modern use of sustainable-green materials. Unlike other quick-server restaurants in the markets, the new design aims to create a New York bistro-like dining experience for all customers. The shop is designed in a way to satisfy different demands from different customers. The advantage of the layout of creates pockets of interesting zones, each inheriting their own characteristics.

Candice Chan Chao grew up in Hong Kong before leaving for college in the United States. Graduating summa cum laude with a B.F.A in Interior Design from Syracuse University, she spent her post-college years in New York, revitalizing a Broadway theatre, designing studios and offices for multi-national corporations and developing interiors for New York’s famed 92Y. After returning to Hong Kong in 2009, Candice headed her own professional firm, J. Candice Interior Architects, designing commercial interiors for notable brands like Oliver’s Super Sandwiches, Cafe de Coral, Bread and Butter, St. Regis and private clubs around town. In the short history of her professional career, Candice was recognized by the business community at home and abroad. In 2009, she received the Most Promising Female Award from Hong Kong Tatler Magazine, the Creative Entrepreneur Award in 2010 and subsequently, the Canadian Maple Leaf Silver Award in recognition of her works in North America’s shopping malls and the Hong Kong City Lady Award by Hong Kong City Lady Junior Chamber in recognition of her personal attributes and professional contribution to the community. More recently, she was again bestowed with the Golden Bund Award by Interior Design Magazine China.

Café de Coral Group is one of the world’s largest publicly listed Chinese fast-food restaurant groups. They are principally engaged in operating quick-service and specialty restaurant chains and have successfully diversified both vertically and horizontally into the institutional catering and food processing business. Their operations now span two continents with over 330 operating units in Hong Kong, some 120 outlets in Mainland China and around 140 operations in North America. Since first opening their doors for business, they have successfully transformed from a tiny, home-grown enterprise into a giant, diversified multi-national corporation. Their record of continuous business growth over the years speaks for itself and includes multiple achievements in terms of turnover, staff employed and net asset value. With a dedicated team of 18,000, they now eagerly anticipate many more years of healthy growth. In Hong Kong, Café de Coral is the undisputed market leader in the fast-food sector, servicing some 300,000 customers daily. While they emphasise quality dishes at affordable prices, we are also pioneers in offering new choices. With over 100 popular dishes we draw upon, their daily menus are regularly rotated to ensure optimum variety.