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Standard Mandarin. Hanyu Pinyin. Lù Yǔ Cháshì. Yue: Cantonese. Jyutping. luk6 jyu5 caa4 sat1. Luk Yu tea house interior. Luk Yu (Chinese: 陸羽茶室) is a tea house and dim sum restaurant located on Stanley Street, in the Central area of Hong Kong, established in 1933. It is currently the oldest restaurant in Hong Kong.
The Salvation Army Waiʻoli Tea Room in Honolulu, Hawaii, is listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Argo Tea, Chicago chain. Gryphon, Savannah, Georgia. Dushanbe Tea House. Lollicup Coffee & Tea, chain specialising in bubble tea. Salvation Army Waiʻoli Tea Room, Hawai'i. Shoseian Teahouse, California.
A statue of Lu Yu in Xi'an. Lu Yu (simplified Chinese: 陆羽; traditional Chinese: 陸羽; pinyin: Lù Yǔ; 733–804) or Lu Ji (陆疾), courtesy name Jici (季疵) was a Chinese tea master and writer. He is respected as the Sage of Tea for his contribution to Chinese tea culture. He is best known for his monumental book The Classic of Tea ...
Japanese prostitutes constituted the majority of Japanese residents of Hong Kong in the late 19th century, and there were 13 licensed Japanese brothels and 132 prostitutes in Hong Kong in 1901. These brothels were initially located in Central, mostly on Hollywood Road, Stanley Street and Wellington Street. They later moved to Wan Chai.
Tea house: chaa lau (Chinese: 茶樓), is a place serving only tea, dim sum and simple dishes. Wine house: jau lau (Chinese: 酒樓), is a place serving banquets. i.e. 9-course menu usually for a table of 12 guests. From the early 20th century, jau lau started providing tea and dim sum like chaa lau. Thus only a few chaa lau remain in business.
Lin Heung Tea House in Hong Kong. Hong Kong cuisine is mainly influenced by Cantonese cuisine, European cuisines (especially British cuisine) and non-Cantonese Chinese cuisines (especially Hakka, Teochew, Hokkien and Shanghainese), as well as Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian cuisines, due to Hong Kong's past as a British colony and a long history of being an international port of commerce.
Tsui Wah Group Centre in Ngau Tau Kok The entrance to the Tsui Wah Restaurant on Wellington Street. Tsui Wah Restaurant (SEHK: 1314) (traditional Chinese: 翠華餐廳; simplified Chinese: 翠华餐厅; Jyutping: ceoi3 waa4 caan1 teng1; pinyin: Cuìhuá Cāntīng) is a chain of tea restaurants (cha chaan teng) owned by Tsui Wah Holdings Limited, headquartered in Hong Kong.
Cha chaan teng (Chinese: 茶餐廳; Cantonese Yale: chàhchāantēng; lit. 'tea restaurant'), often called a Hong Kong-style cafe or diner in English, is a type of restaurant that originated in Hong Kong. [1][2][3] Cha chaan tengs are commonly found in Hong Kong, Macau, and parts of Guangdong. Due to the waves of mass migrations from Hong Kong ...