Wok ’n Noodle Takapuna owner attacked outside his restaurant

When Lee dodged the attack, the man struck his coffee cup, spraying the hot liquid across Lee’s face and chest.

“Then he just looks at me: ‘Would you like to fight me? Would you like to fight me?’”

When Lee declined his offer to fight at The Strand nearby, the man walked off towards Takapuna Library.

Footage of the exchange was captured on the restaurant’s security camera.

Lee said he called police while he could see the man, but they were too busy to respond.

The restaurant owner was left with minor burns to his face and chest, which he said had mostly disappeared.

He said he didn’t seek immediate medical treatment as he had to work at Wok ’n Noodle’s Mt Eden branch that night.

Lee said he didn’t know why the man had confronted him, although he wondered if the man thought he was talking to him in Korean.

He claimed he had seen the attacker walk along the street several times previously, and that customers recognised seeing the man in nearby suburbs.

Lee said he feared the attacker would come back and possibly target him, his workers, or unsuspecting citizens nearby.

“That’s in the public, so maybe he can do [that to] anyone.”

Police told the Herald they received a report about an earlier incident where a man was yelled at by another, and that a further report was to be made.

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