Three years ago, Arthur Yung and Erica Chan went on vacation to Berlin, met a mutual friend who deals vintage furniture and decided to open Mooi Shop back in Hong Kong. 'We had the passion, so that's how things started off,' says Mr. Yung, who along with his co-owner Ms. Chan, still works in the advertising business.

The shop, which sells Danish and German furniture and accessories from the 1950s to the 1970s, sits on a dead-end side street in Causeway Bay. Mr. Yung says only five to 10 people visit the shop each day