Cha Chaan Teng As we all know, Hong Kong is a metropolis which is full of food from various countries, such as Italian food, Japanese food and so on. However, have you ever thought what its own style is? It is definitely Cha Chaan Teng which is pronounced in Cantonese way. But what is the origin of Cha Chaan Teng? What is the symbolic food of Cha Chaan Teng ? And why people in Hong Kong love to go there? Don’t worry! I am going to help you to solve all these problems! Cha Chaan Teng is a place that offers both Chinese and Western food. In fact, the origin of Cha Chaan Teng is ice chamber where people could buy some drinks and snacks. What’s more, in early Hong Kong, only some fancy restaurants sold western food which seemed to be luxury …show more content…
Therefore, western food were sold in low prices and were widespread among Hong Kong. Combining both of reasons, the first Cha Chaan Teng, Sun Lan Heung Kwok Restaurant Shop, was established in 1946 at Central! Cha Chaan Teng is famous for its various snacks, such as Coffee with Milk, Che Zi Mian and so on. First, let me introduce you about Che Zi Mian. “Che Zi Mian is a well-known civilian noodle. Stephen Chow, who is a famous star in Hong Kong, has a wonderful introduction about it in the movie called ‘City on Fire’.” ( Yuanyuan Chen, Travel&Shopping&Entertainment&Food, Page 47) According to the introduction of Discover Hong Kong, Che Zi Mian was founded in 1950s in Hong Kong. “Che Zi”actually meant “small wooden barrow”. Since plenty of people used these small wooden barrows to carry their food and utensils, this type of noodle was named “Che Zi Mian".( discoverhongkong, che zi mian) The basic reason why Che Zi …show more content…
High tea is the most important item of daily life in Hong Kong. In fact, high tea was originated from Britain 17th century. As I mentioned that Hong Kong was the colony of Britain, high tea was spread among Hong Kong and became the habit of Hong Kong People. But there’s a difference between British style and Hong Kong style. In British high tea, people usually order some pastry and black tea. However, in Hong Kong high tea, Cha Chaan Teng usually provide some traditional snacks, milk tea and so on. In TVB, we often see some scenes: When it was 4:00 ~ 6:00, people usually go to Cha Chaan Teng to have high tea. If the group achieves some awards, the leader usually pay the fee of high tea as reward. It proves that high tea is another reason why Cha Chaan Teng is
Chinese restaurants have some good and bad qualities, but both do well in their own situation.
Chao-Wei Wu Jeffrey McMahon English 1A 23 July 2014 Chef Jeff Henderson_Cooked Chef JH’s personal memoir, Cooked, is a model confirmation that it is feasible for an author to give a moving message without sounding sermonizing and redundant. Cooked takes place after Henderson's rise and fall (and rise once more). The story begins with his alliance with drug merchants of becoming one of the top split cocaine merchants in San Diego by his 23rd birthday. It leads to his capture and inevitably his rising into the culinary business (Ganeshram 42).
Food is an important factor in the everyday human life. Humans need food to be able to live. But how did the food people eat today come about, no one really knows the in depth explanation. What about more common foods that are a part of everyone’s everyday lives, like potato chips. They are a simple, easy snack food that is commonly in every American household. But does anyone know how they came about, who invented them. Well, let me explain a little about who that person was.
The author chose to conduct this research to explore the comparison between Szechuan and Cantonese food and the extent of its popularity within UK. To enable the research to be conducted in a smaller margin, the students of University of West London are selected as the focused target of research. As observed in the European culture, Chinese food is considered a treat for special occasions as selected restaurant stands equal with high-end restaurants that are serving western cuisine as shown in TopTable (2014). According to Mail Online (2010), it is found that 39 per cent of the population preferred Oriental flavours, such as sweet and sour and chow mein to Indian sauces such as tikka masala.
The Chinatown neighborhood has different restaurants, including a Korean and numerous Chinese restaurants. The Chinatown neighborhood has many gift stores, cosmetics stores, ice cream stores, and bakery. As Harry Kiang’s Chicago’s Chinatown points out, “Tourists shop for oriental gifts or groceries or enjoy Chinese food; along Wentworth Avenue between 22nd and 24th Streets there are at least 30 Chinese restaurants. Printers and bakeries are found in the commercial areas along Wentworth Avenue and Cermak Road” (Encyclopedia of Chicago). Many visitors came to the Chinatown neighborhood to visit the neighborhood and try the Chinese foods because it has the authentic Chinese food in the Chinese restaurants. Since many people came to the Chinatown and consumed in the neighborhood’s shops, the consumption promoted the local commercial development and increasing the economic growth. Therefore, the residents are very happy to have the shops and appeal to the
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Watson proves that the uncertainties of if Hong Kong would be able to stand true to their heritage is nothing to worry about. He states that the people of Hong Kong “have most assuredly not been stripped of their cultural heritage”. In fact, Watson explains that Hong Kong is not being taken over by the American way, but is simply embracing their already heterogeneous culture. Through his discussions on the changing views of the food, dining customs, and traditions we learn that McDonald’s was forced to adapt to the culture of Hong Kong just as much as the people of Hong Kong needed to expand their familiarities to accept McDonalds.
Chung was a gaunt man in his forties with hollow cheeks and intense brown eyes-he projected a certain gravity that was somehow incongruous with popular notions of the jolly, docile Chinaman. Instead of the traditional Chinese collarless jacket, he sported a conservative brown suit, complete with vest, tie, and polished black shoes. Chung was a cook by trade and a good one, too-well enough respected for the Providence Journal to dub him one of the city's "best-known Chinese restauranteurs." Most likely, he was an employee of the Wah, Yee, Hong & Co. eating house, the Chinese restaurant located closest to his home, just a brisk fifteen-minute walk away at the bottom of College Hill.
Beyond the depths of Communism, and governmental control the modern Chinese consumer has accessibility to earn higher incomes, provide for their families, enjoy leisure and have amenities that were once rare in a country that was once rural land. Now, with technological advancements and modernization of cities the Chinese consumer is able to live a lifestyle of luxury unlike the past, where luxury was once only possessed by those who were rich.
Many give credit to Paris as to being the birthplace of the restaurant, but many characteristics that define a restaurant were already found in China during the song dynasty. Although the contemporary menu first appeared in France in the eighteenth century, it does not mean that it was the first time we ever saw a menu. The very first menus appeared in the first millennium during the Chinese Song Dynasty back In the 1200s (Heimann, Heller and Mariani, 2011). The Chinese used to offer hundreds different types of foods for their customers, and considering they were the first to invent paper, the Chinese used to find it much easier to scribble them all down. As more menus emerged, the first modern menu appeared in the latter part of the eighteenth century after the French revolution. After dining, menus were commonly taken as a souvenir; reason for this is to either have evidence of the luxurious spots one dined in, or just to keep it as a historical document. The eighteenth cent...
Not only are Korean cosmetics gaining popularity due to dramas, but Korean food has also spread its wings. In China, fried chicken and beer became immensely popular due to the drama You Who Came from the Star. Customers waited three hours in line to buy fried chicken and beer at different restaurants in making the income shoot up compared to the previous income from the year before (Chen Tian, 2014).
KFC is one of the most popular fast-food restaurant chains by the Yum! Brands and fried chicken is what the company specializes. KFC was founded by Harland Sanders, which was later known as Colonel Sanders. Moreover, KFC was one of the first fast-food restaurant chains to expand internationally, including the opening outlets in Beijing, China, in November 1987 (KFC Website, 2013). The fact that KFC was the first Western fast food company in China makes it very challenging to satisfy the Chinese market. Trying to sell the same products or services is a typical approach to most foreign expansion for franchise businesses (Bell, 2011). However, one-size fits all approach is not what KFC chooses to apply for their company. According to Shelman, the writer of the case study regarding KFC’s Explosive Growth in China, key success for KFC China is to change the menu to suit Chinese tastes and style of eating (Starvish, 2011). “One of the lessons I take away from this case is that to ...
The movie “The Hundred Foot Journey” is a great representation of different cultures interacting as well as the different food habits. The movie is based on an Indian family who moves to Italy and wants to open an Indian restaurant across street from a famous Italian restaurant in the small town. The Kadam family wants to bring the Indian cuisine to a new culture and share some of their values. They have trouble expanding their culinary delights to the public because Marquerite the sous-chef doesn’t want any competition. Throughout the movie, secrets on certain dishes are shared and tricks to improve the certain style of food is greatly appreciated by both restaurant chefs.
The first innovative strategy of KFC China is localizing the menu. Trying to sell the same products or services is a typical approach to most foreign expansion for franchise businesses (Bell, 2011). However, one-size fits all approach is not what KFC chooses to implement for their company. According to Shelman, the writer of the case study regarding KFC’s Explosive Growth in China, key success for KFC China is to change the menu to suit Chinese tastes and style of eating. “One of the lessons I take away from this case is that to do China, you have to do China”, says Shelman. KFC localizes their offerings and adapts their existing products to appeal to the Chinese customers’ needs. The menu features Chinese local food like egg and vegetables soup. Examples of innovative products are the Dragon Twister (chicken roll of old Beijing) and the glass jelly milk tea (Zhou...
It plans to make its foray into the world’s second-largest economy China in December, where it will open a restaurant in the capital of Beijing. It has also unveiled its ambitions to open a further 76 restaurants in markets such as Kazakhstan, Qatar and Oman.