The Origin Of Chaha Chaan Teng In Hong Kong

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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

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