Tai Ping Koon Restaurant

Tai Ping Koon Restaurant (TPK, Chinese: 太平館餐廳) is a restaurant in Hong Kong. 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".[1]

Tai Ping Koon Restaurant in Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
Tai Ping Koon Restaurant
Traditional Chinese太平館餐廳
Simplified Chinese太平馆餐厅
Tai Ping Koon Restaurant in Central, Hong Kong.

History

Chui Lo Ko (Chinese: 徐老高) established it in 1860 as a restaurant serving Western cuisine, modified to suit tastes of Chinese customers, in Canton (Guangzhou). Dwyer stated that it had a reputation as "a fine-dining restaurant" with famous people as customers.[1] The Canton location occupied a four storey facility.[2]

The first Hong Kong location opened in Sheung Wan in 1938. It became a solely Hong Kong franchise when the Canton location closed in 1956,[1] as the Chinese government confiscated private property.[2]

Currently in Guangzhou there is a Taiping Guan Restaurant.[3] 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.[2]

In 2016 it had restaurants in Central, Causeway Bay, and Kowloon, four in total.[4]

Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Chow Yun-fat, and Ho Chi Minh ate at at least one of the outlets of Tai Ping Koon.[1] HK Magazine in 2016 ranked it as #8 of "Hong Kong's 10 Most Iconic Restaurants".[4]

Cuisine

Its dishes became known as "Soy Sauce Western" as soy sauce is a key ingredient. The restaurant states that the dish Swiss wings originates from there.[4] 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 [Tai Ping Koon's] most famous dish".[1]

References
  1. "Secrets of three of Hong Kong's oldest restaurants: quality, loyalty and consistency". South China Morning Post. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  2. "Rent row over historic restaurant". South China Morning Post. 2005-03-01. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  3. "Time-honored Stores in Beijing Lu". Guangzhou Interactive Information Network Company. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  4. "Hong Kong's 10 Most Iconic Restaurants". HK Magazine. South China Morning Post. 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
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