Tai Ping Koon Restaurant in Central 2019

Tai Ping Koon Restaurant (TPK, ) is a restaurant in

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. In 2018 it had four restaurants there. Chris Dwyer of the '' South China Morning Post'' described it as "one of the world’s oldest continually operating Chinese restaurants".

History

Chui Lo Ko () established it in 1860 as a restaurant serving

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). Dwyer stated that it had a reputation as "a fine-dining restaurant" with famous people as customers. The Canton location occupied a four storey facility. The first Hong Kong location opened in

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in 1938. It became a solely Hong Kong franchise when the Canton location closed in 1956, as the Chinese government confiscated private property. Currently in Guangzhou there is a Taiping Guan Restaurant. Dongjiang Restaurants began running the restaurant by 2003. By 2005 Hong Kong Tai Ping Koon manager Andrew Chui Shek-on took control of the restaurant. In 2016 it had restaurants in

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, and Kowloon, four in total.

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, and

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ate at at least one of the outlets of Tai Ping Koon. ''

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'' in 2016 ranked it as #8 of "Hong Kong's 10 Most Iconic Restaurants".

Cuisine

Its dishes became known as "Soy Sauce Western" as soy sauce is a key ingredient. The restaurant states that the dish

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originates from there. As of 2016, in all of the TPK restaurants, Swiss wings are the most common item among customers, and Dwyer stated that it Swiss wings are "Arguably ai Ping Koon'smost famous dish".

References

External links

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