History of tea restaurant?

Before World War II, there were many Dai Pai Dongs near some residential areas in Hong Kong, China. These Dai Pai Dongs mainly provided Chinese breakfasts such as fried dough sticks and barbecued pork buns. After the war, Hong Kong, China, was influenced by Western-style life. At that time, only high-end restaurants provided Western-style food, and these restaurants were expensive and not very welcoming to Chinese. In order to allow more people to enjoy Western food at low prices, ice rooms and tea restaurants have emerged one after another.

The ice room originally provided coffee, milk tea, red bean ice and other drinks, as well as sandwiches, cream toast and other snacks, but it never sold rice. Some ice houses also have bakeries, making fresh pineapple buns, egg tarts and other cakes that combine local and Western characteristics. Later, the types of food provided by the ice room gradually increased, and it evolved into today's tea restaurant. Nowadays, ice houses that insist on not selling food are very rare.

Features

Menu

In Hong Kong, China, tea restaurants are located in various districts, and their business hours are variable. They are usually from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Mong Kok and other busy areas Area tea restaurants are more likely to stay open all night.

A tea restaurant is an authentic Hong Kong restaurant whose main customers are the general public. Its main features include:

Food diversification: The tea restaurant provides Chinese and Western food, as well as many delicious foods (see tea restaurant food). There are often dozens of food items on the menu of a small tea restaurant, with a wide range of choices.

? Pay attention to efficiency: Tea restaurants generally do not accept tips, and customers pay at the cashier themselves after visiting. And there is no need to wait, everything from ordering to checkout is fast. During lunch time, construction workers, truck drivers and even office workers will all visit the tea restaurant at the same time. Customers from different walks of life and professions eat, talk, and read the horse scriptures in the tea restaurant, which has become a major feature of the tea restaurant.

?Food is reasonably priced: Food sold in traditional restaurants is usually more expensive. A meal in a tea restaurant may only cost more than 20 Hong Kong dollars. Regular meals and fast food in a tea restaurant will include drinks, or free water or hot tea.

Tea restaurant food

Tea restaurants generally have the following types of food:

Drinks

?Red bean ice, some tea restaurants Only available in summer

?Coffee

?Black coffee: Chinese Hong Kong people call it "Zhai coffee" or "flying coffee", coffee without sugar and milk

?Milk tea (*** milk tea): a must-have Hong Kong-style drink in tea restaurants. Take fragrant, smooth and strong as the standard

?Yuanyang: Coffee plus milk tea, fragrant creation. According to traditional Chinese medicine, coffee is hot and dry, while milk tea is cold. Mix the two, seamlessly.

?Tea: *** Milk tea, add condensed milk instead of sugar

?Horlicks

?Ovaltine, Ovaltine red bean Ice

?Lemon tea (lemon plus black tea): Hong Kong-style lemon tea must have several sliced ??lemons in the cup

?Lemonade (lemon plus water)

?Lingle (lemon plus cola), Ningqi (lemon plus 7Xi), XianNingQi (salty tangerine, lemon plus 7Xi)

?Lingcoffe (lemon plus coffee): Xiangchuang

?Nimbin (Lemon Garibana): Aromatherapy

?Lemon Honey

?Soda

?Milk

?Milk: milk and water

?Boiling eggs: boiling water and raw eggs

?Milk eggs: condensed milk, water and raw eggs

?Beef tea : Chop the beef, add ginger slices and water and cook together

?Gugu

?Almond cream

?Lotus seed Yuanyang ice

Most drinks can be made into frozen drinks by adding ice, but there is an additional charge of 1 to 2 yuan.

Snacks

? Various toasts: such as butter toast (condensed milk fresh butter toast), milk sauce toast (condensed milk peanut butter toast), oil toast (fresh butter toast) Guacamole toast), West toast (French toast), etc.

? Various sandwiches: For example: egg sandwich (egg sandwich), leg egg sandwich (ham and egg sandwich), oxie (minced beef sandwich), danniuji (egg minced beef sandwich), company sandwich (Club Sandwich) etc. The biggest difference between Hong Kong tea restaurant sandwiches and other foreign sandwiches is that they are only made with square buns, and customers can choose whether to "flash" (remove the edges of the bread) or add a "baking base" (make the white bread first) into toast).

?Egg tarts

?Various types of bread: such as meal buns, pineapple buns (pineapple is pineapple, and the pastry surface of pineapple buns is baked to resemble a pineapple, hence the name), pineapple buns (Add a piece of butter into the pineapple bun), cocktail buns

?Macaroni, wheat bran (oatmeal), oatmeal, etc.

?Pork steak, Portuguese egg tart, spicy Fish dumplings (stuffed with canned sardines) (popular in Macau)

Breakfast, lunch, fast food, regular meals

Breakfast in a tea restaurant, including butter meal buns and fried eggs and Hong Kong-style milk tea

A fixed menu provided within a specific time, usually with several choices such as A, B, C (see external link article for details).

?Breakfast usually includes fried double eggs, macaroni, meal kits, instant noodles or sandwiches, and comes with coffee or tea.

The most classic breakfast menu A: butter meal bag, fried double eggs, ham pasta, coffee or tea.

?Lunch is the same as breakfast. Typical menus include: butter lunch bag, ham ramen, barbecued pork soup and pasta, coffee or tea. Different from breakfast, it is only served at lunch (about 11 am to 2:30 pm).

?Fast food is generally only available at lunch. When a customer orders something, it can be delivered to the customer as quickly as possible. It is called fast food.

o Generally, there is at least one choice on the fast food menu, but most of them are rice dishes (rice and vegetables are served on a plate or a large plate). The dishes are mostly made in advance, usually from China. Common ones in Hong Kong include Zhuhou beef brisket rice, curry chicken rice, etc., or pork chop rice with tomato sauce, such as black pepper/onion/tomato sauce/corn (corn juice) beef/pork/chicken chop/pork slice rice, etc. Usually comes with hot drinks or soft drinks. Fast food menus usually change daily, and some tea restaurants have preset fixed fast food menus for the week, with two or more options available on the same day.

o Some tea restaurant fast food comes with soup. There is usually a choice of borscht (called red soup) or cream soup (called white soup). Some tea restaurants also have Chinese soup (called regular soup or medium soup), and the style of medium soup basically changes every day.

? Regular meals generally have no supply time limit, that is, they are available all day long. The menu is generally the same throughout the year.

?Afternoon tea meals are usually mainly fried food. Fried chicken thighs (chicken legs, usually written as chicken thighs), fried chicken wings (chicken wings), cider (full name: French toast), French fries, etc. The richer ones are mostly a bowl of ham and omelette dolls with coffee or tea.

?Some tea restaurants also have "nutritional meals". Basically, the menu is the same as breakfast. The only difference is that the drink must be fresh milk or chocolate milk in a glass bottle, which is more expensive than breakfast. Generally available all day.

Noodles, noodles, and rice

Most tea restaurants will have various types of rice dishes, fried rice, fried noodles, and fried noodles. Such as Yangzhou fried rice, Xingzhou fried rice, shredded pork fried noodles, and dry fried beef river. However, there are no dishes such as "Hong Kong-style fried rice" or "Hong Kong fried rice" in tea restaurants in Hong Kong.

Most tea restaurants will have noodles such as cart noodles and various instant noodles. Instant noodles are usually made from the cheaper "Ding Hao Da Glossy Noodles", and more and more tea restaurants will supply Demae Itcho from the Japanese brand Nissin (an additional fee may apply, see below for details).

In addition to "Demae Itcho", instant noodles are generally called "doll noodles" in tea restaurants. (This is one of the instant noodle products under Lam Soon Food in Hong Kong, China. However, because it is widely accepted by Hong Kong people, most Hong Kong people will also refer to "eating instant noodles" as "eating doll noodles")

Some tea restaurants will serve Chaozhou-style noodles such as fish egg noodles and wonton noodles. The names of these tea restaurants are usually called "noodle tea restaurants".

Porridge and fried dough sticks

Some tea restaurants will provide a variety of porridge and fried dough sticks.

Roast Meat

Some BBQ style tea restaurants will offer BBQ pork, roast pork, suckling pig, roast goose, white-cut chicken, oil chicken (soy sauce chicken), etc. supply. It is usually served with soup noodles or white rice. Served with white rice, it is called siu-mei rice or plate-head rice.

The roast goose served in modern tea restaurants and even some restaurants is usually roast duck. Because roast goose is more expensive, roast duck is used instead. However, most Hong Kong residents still order roast goose when they go to restaurants or teahouses.

Seats and "table setting"

? Generally, the table in a tea restaurant will be a square table for four people or a round table for six to eight people. There are also two-person stations.

?Some tea restaurants will put transparent glass on the countertop. There will be a menu under the glass.

?Seats generally have chair backs. Mainstream tea restaurant seats are usually round stools without backrests.

?Some tea restaurants have box seats (called "card seats" by Hong Kong people), which may be derived from Western restaurants. There is more private space in the card seats, so it is very popular among customers. However, the booths in some tea restaurants are very narrow, and only two people can sit at most in four-person seats.

?Most tea restaurants also need to "set up a table", especially during the busiest time at lunch. "Setting up a stage" means several people who don't know each other sit on the same stage. Usually the waiter in a tea restaurant will arrange where the guests are seated.

Teahouse and Hong Kong Culture

Lemon tea paper bag drinks that advertise "teashop style"

In September 2004, Radio Television Hong Kong held an online In the voting for "the design that best represents Hong Kong, China", the Tea House won the championship with 1,930 votes.

TV shows, movies, music videos, etc. in Hong Kong often have plots shot in tea restaurants, which shows the popularity of tea restaurants. An example is the 2002 music video for "Single Woman" featuring animated McDull, Anita Mui and Sammi Cheng.

After the handover of Hong Kong, China, in 1997, many senior government officials publicly expressed their love for tea restaurant food, as a sign of supporting the local culture of Hong Kong, China, and being close to the lives of the general public, as before Financial Secretary Leong Kam-chung. Some artists and celebrities also like to go to teahouses. Tsui Wah Restaurant on Wellington Street in Central is famous for being frequented by many celebrities. Paparazzi are often seen outside the door. Stars are also often seen at Cheung Hing Cafe on Yi Yam Street in Happy Valley.

Derivative products

Due to the unique characteristics of a tea restaurant, some drinks and food will be promoted as "tea restaurant style". The more common ones include tea restaurant lemon tea and tea restaurant milk tea.

Famous Tea Restaurant

?Cuihua Restaurant

?Xiangxing Coffee Shop

?Jinfeng Tea Restaurant

?Meitu Tea Restaurant

?Lan Fong Yuen in Keck Street, Central

?Tan Dao Coffee and Cake Shop

?Xin Zhao Ji

?Yinlong Tea Restaurant

?Tai Xing Shao Mei Restaurant

Famous Macau Tea Restaurant

?Nanping Yaxu

?Macau Tea House, Tea House is a kind of restaurant originated in Hong Kong, China. It provides Western-style catering that combines Hong Kong characteristics. It is a popular dining place in Hong Kong, China.

With the movement of Hong Kong's population and the spread of Hong Kong culture, it is not difficult to find traces of tea restaurants in places outside Hong Kong. It is common to have tea restaurants in Chinatowns in mainland China and overseas.

The Cha chaan teng (Traditional Chinese: 茶馆, literally "tea restaurant") is a type of Chinese tea restaurant monly found in Hong Kong, known for its eclectic and affordable menus which include many Hong Kong cuisine and localized Hong Kong-style Western cuisine.

History: Before World War II, there were many Dai Pai Dongs near some residential areas in Hong Kong, China. These Dai Pai Dongs mainly provided Chinese food such as fried dough sticks and barbecued pork buns. breakfast. After the war, Hong Kong, China, was influenced by Western-style life. At that time, only high-end restaurants provided Western-style food, and these restaurants were expensive and not very welcoming to Chinese. In order to allow more people to enjoy Western food at low prices, ice rooms and tea restaurants have emerged one after another.

The ice room originally provided coffee, milk tea, red bean ice and other drinks, as well as sandwiches, cream toast and other snacks, but it never sold rice. Some ice houses also have bakeries, making fresh pineapple buns, egg tarts and other cakes that combine local and Western characteristics. Later, the types of food provided by the ice room gradually increased, and it evolved into today's tea restaurant. Nowadays, ice houses that insist on not selling food are very rare.

The first tea restaurant: Tan Dao Coffee and Cake Shop, often called Tan Dao Tea Restaurant, is the first tea restaurant in Hong Kong, China. It opened as early as the 1940s. Its first branch was located on Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, China, and moved to its current location on Hennessy Road in the 1990s. In addition, Hon Tao Coffee and Cake Shop has opened branches on Stanley Street in Central, as well as Tsing Yi City in Tsing Yi and Lin Lee Street in Tseung Kwan O in the New Territories since the 1990s.

Tan Dao Coffee and Cake Shop is most famous for its pastry egg tarts. The couplet in front of its door is titled after its famous coffee tart: "The sandalwood has not been as fragrant as coffee, and the island country has now become an egg tart country." It is said that the egg tarts in this store have 128 layers of pastry, which is more than the ordinary 100 layers, and are particularly loose and crispy.

Tsui Wah Restaurant is a famous chain tea restaurant group in Hong Kong, China, with many branches in Central, Causeway Bay and Jordan.

Tsui Wah Restaurant was originally a tea restaurant that has been operating in San Po Kong, Kowloon for more than 30 years. In the 1990s, it opened a branch in Central, the heart of Hong Kong, China, and followed the route of a few high-end tea restaurants. Since then, it has continued to expand. , opened branches in various districts.

The Tsui Wah branch on Wellington Street in Central is located near Lan Kwai Fong, the nightlife hub of Po Point, so it is famous for being frequented by many celebrities, and paparazzi are often seen outside the door. The stores in Jordan, Cannon Street in Causeway Bay, Jaffe Road and Tsuen Wan are all open 24 hours a day.

Tsui Wah offers a wide variety of food, including most of the food found in Hong Kong tea restaurants. It also provides fish egg powder and various curries, and mooncakes are also available during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Food prices are mostly more expensive than ordinary tea restaurants.

Tsui Wah Group also includes Hong Kong-style restaurants and Hop Fat Restaurants.

Cheung Hing Cafe, located at No. 9 Yi Yam Street, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, is a traditional Hong Kong-style tea restaurant with a long history.

Cheung Hing Cafe has been in business for more than 40 years and is located in Happy Valley, where celebrities gather. Therefore, it attracts many high-ranking officials, celebrities, entertainers and horse racing people to patronize. Before the 1980s, when morning training was still held at Happy Valley Racecourse, jockeys, trainers and staff often went to Cheung Hing for breakfast after morning training.

Cheung Hing may not look like much, but it is the restaurant visited by the most celebrities in Hong Kong.

Celebrities who have patronized include Tang Yingnian, Tian Beijun, Kan Bingchi, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Nicholas Tse, George Lam and Michelle Yeh, etc. There are also many signatures of famous people who have patronized the store hanging on the walls. Mr. Chen, the owner of Xiangxing, often entertains guests personally in the store.

Cheung Hing serves traditional tea restaurant food, including cream toast, pineapple buns, pastry egg tarts, etc. Its coffee and milk tea are also famous for their rich aroma. The decoration of Cheung Hing still maintains the style of decades ago, which is difficult to find in Hong Kong, China. However, there are also non-celebrity diners who think this old restaurant is just in vain.

Mido Cafe is located at No. 63 Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Meidu Restaurant opened in 1950, and it still retains the decoration of the 1950s, witnessing the history of Hong Kong, China. In addition to the ground floor, it also has second-floor seating that was very common at that time. You can browse Temple Street and the Banyan Tree street view. The restaurant is famous for its baked pork ribs rice and lotus seed mandarin duck ice. Many tourists come to the restaurant to experience the traditional flavors of Hong Kong.

Metropolis Restaurant has been the filming location for many movies such as "Kowloon Ice Room" or TV series such as "Hotel" (parody). , reference: zh. *** /w/index?title=E88CB6E9A490E5BBB3amp; variant=zh-,