Connie (right) and Cho Choy have opened Super Lucky Takeaways on the site of the old BP service station at St Andrew's. Photo / Ben Fraser
The once infamous site of the old BP service station at St Andrew's has been transformed into a takeaway food shop.
Owners Connie Cho and husband Choy opened their doors on Saturday, though they had hoped to do so earlier.
Abandoned since its former owner, Leo Gao, made headlines as
the "runaway millionaire", the former service station on the corner of Old Taupo Rd and Otonga Rd now sells wok-tossed noodle dishes, roast meals, a Chinese smorgasbord and traditional Kiwi fish and chips.
It's been a little more than five years since Gao and his partner Kara Hurring fled New Zealand after Westpac accidentally gave Gao a $10 million overdraft.
Days after applying for a $100,000 overdraft for the struggling business, Gao realised the bank had mistakenly given him 100 times that amount. He transferred cash into overseas bank accounts before fleeing New Zealand with Hurring. He eventually was caught and pleaded guilty to seven charges of theft and was sentenced in 2012 to four years and seven months' jail. Gao was released on parole in December last year.
