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Things aren't looking quite so rosy for critics' darling Alan Yau.

Guide Girl has learned that the restaurateur's budget Chinese noodle bar Cha Cha Moon has closed its outlet at Whiteleys shopping centre in west London less than a year after opening.

A spokeswoman at the KFG restaurant group, which owns the restaurant, confirmed the site closed last Saturday (14 November).

While she revealed that it will soon be replaced by another opening from the group, she remained tight-lipped when pressed for further details.

What with the closure of brother Gary's ill-fated Japanese restaurant Aaya in Soho at the start of the year, it would seem that even these oriental restaurant wunderkinder haven't been immune to the perils of the recession.

Let's just hope that Yau's Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant Yauatcha doesn't meet a similar fate...