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Gung ho (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ ŋ ˈ h oʊ /) is an English term, with the current meaning of 'enthusiastic or energetic', especially overly so.It originated during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) from a Chinese term, 工合 (pinyin: gōnghé; lit. 'to work together'), short for Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (Chinese: 工業合作社; pinyin: Gōngyè Hézuòshè).
On 30 October 1971, [9] a four-alarm fire occurred at the restaurant before its opening which left 34 dead and 42 injured. [19] [20] [21] It had to be rebuilt after new owners Stanley Ho and Cheng Yu-ting bought the title to the remaining assets in July 1972. After total expenditure of HK$30 million, the restaurant began operation in 1976. [17]
The movement was led by the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Association (CICA or Indusco), founded in 1938 by foreign and Chinese activists. Its international arm the International Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives ( ICCIC , also known by the nickname Gung Ho International Committee ) was founded in 1939 in Hong Kong ...
The first is aptly named Sam Woo BBQ Restaurant (香港三和燒臘麵家; Pinyin: Xiānggǎng Sānhé Shāolà Miànjiā, Cantonese: hoeng1 gong2 saam1 wo4 siu1 laap6 min6 gaa1). The restaurant chain operates in suburban areas in Southern California , mostly in communities where there are many immigrants from China and Taiwan , such as San ...
Cha siu bao (simplified Chinese: 叉烧包; traditional Chinese: 叉燒包; pinyin: chāshāo bāo; Jyutping: caa1 siu1 baau1; Cantonese Yale: chā sīu bāau; lit. 'barbecued pork bun') is a Cantonese baozi (bun) filled with barbecue-flavored cha siu pork. [1] They are served as a type of dim sum during yum cha and are sometimes sold in ...
Shaokao (street stall barbecue) outside Chengdu University in Sichuan, China. Shaokao (traditional Chinese: 燒烤; simplified Chinese: 烧烤; pinyin: shāo kǎo), also romanized as shao kao, is the Chinese translation of "barbecue". Chinese variants of the practice constitute a significant aspect of Chinese cuisine. [1]
Guangzhou Real Kungfu Catering Management Co., Ltd., [1] trading as Kungfu (Chinese: 真功夫; pinyin: Zhēn Gōngfu; lit. 'Real Kung Fu'), is a fast-food chain in China, headquartered in Tianhe District, Guangzhou. [2] The first restaurant opened in 1990 [3] and in 2011, the company had over 300 locations in China. [4] As of 2013 it had 479 ...
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.