the founders of café de coral are victor lo tang-seong (1915-2016) -- brother of vitasoy founder lo kwee-seong and fairwood founder lo fong-cheung -- and his nephew, lo kai-muk. victor lo had the idea of running a restaurant that would feed the working class of hong kong at affordable prices. he incorporated café de coral in 1968, and started to operate the first location in causeway bay in september 1969 at the age of 54.