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The predecessor of the tea restaurant was the ice room. In the early years in Hong Kong, only dining rooms provided Western-style food, which was expensive. After World War II, Hong Kong people were increasingly influenced by Western-style food customs, and the ice room began to provide cheap imitation Western-style food. At that time, the ice room mainly provided coffee, milk tea, red bean ice, sandwiches, toast, etc. Some of them had bakery factories, producing pineapple bread, egg tarts, etc. The variety of food provided by the ice room has gradually increased, and it has begun to combine western dishes and dining rooms to evolve into today's tea restaurants, which provide simple Chinese dishes and European and American food, and larger-scale ones will serve small dishes for dinner. For siu mei, a special siu mei stall for cooked food should be set up in the tea restaurant. Not every tea restaurant will serve siu mei food. The siu-mei food served in tea restaurants generally includes barbecued pork, roast pork, suckling pig, roast goose, roast duck, white-cut chicken, soy sauce chicken and some brine foods. It is usually served with noodles or rice. White rice with siu-mei food is called siu-mei rice or plate rice. Since roast goose is more expensive than roast duck, there are many tea restaurants, and even roast goose on the menu of some restaurants actually serve roast duck. In the past, due to habit, even if restaurants or tea restaurants "substitute ducks for geese", diners seldom complained. hide WLE Austria Logo (no text).svg Wiki Loves the Earth Photo Contest: Upload photos of nature reserves in Taiwan, help Wikipedia, and win big prizes! Volunteers are being recruited for the Taiwan Knowledge Seed Project, please refer to the project page, WSOTK fan group [closure] open main menu Wikipedia search Editors monitor this page to read in other languages tea restaurant This article is about Hong Kong-style tea restaurants. For a Cantonese restaurant mainly serving dim sum, see Cantonese restaurants. The famous Lan Fong Yuen restaurant in Hong Kong, its water bar kitchen is in front of the store, protruding from the road, the water bar chef will perform live, and tourists gather to take pictures A tea restaurant is a kind of restaurant that originated in Hong Kong. It provides Hong Kong-style western food and some Chinese food. It is a popular eating place in Hong Kong. With the migration of Hong Kong's population driving the spread of Hong Kong culture, tea restaurants also appeared in mainland China and Chinatown. [1][2][3] history edit The interior of the tea restaurant The predecessor of the tea restaurant was the ice room. [4][5] In the early years of Hong Kong, only dining rooms provided Western-style food, which was expensive. After World War II, Hong Kong people were increasingly influenced by Western-style food customs, and the ice room began to provide cheap imitation Western-style food. At that time, the ice room mainly provided coffee, milk tea, red bean ice, sandwiches, toast, etc. Some of them had bakery factories, producing pineapple bread, egg tarts, etc. [5] The types of food provided by the ice room gradually increased, and began to combine the Western restaurant and dining room model[6], evolving into today's tea restaurant, providing simple Chinese dishes and European and American food, and larger-scale dinner dishes. [7] The Lanxiangge Tea Restaurant in Central, which opened in 1946, was the first to operate under the name of a tea restaurant. The Lanfang Garden, which opened in 1952, may be the oldest surviving tea restaurant in Hong Kong [source request]. However, there is a saying that it was not until 1960 that the Health Bureau at that time newly issued a tea restaurant license. It is different from the ice room that can only provide a limited variety of food, and the holder of a tea restaurant license can sell a wider variety of food. Yulitai Tea Restaurant located on Dongsheng Road in Aberdeen Hong Kong applied for the first tea restaurant license and opened the first tea restaurant in Hong Kong[8]. Featured edit Food prices in tea restaurants are usually cheaper than in traditional restaurants. Regular meals, fast food and set meals in tea restaurants will include drinks, and water or hot tea are generally provided free of charge. However, due to inflation in recent years, many tea restaurants located in commercial areas, under the operating pressure of rising rents and wages, food prices will not be cheaper than fast food restaurants of large groups. It is mainly cheap, but it has been established in recent years with high prices as its selling point. [9] Fast, cheap, popular, public places, local, Hong Kong characteristics The menu of Guangcheng Ice Room Green River Restaurant is one of the main tea restaurant chains in Hong Kong, the entrance of Green River Restaurant can be seen in the picture Operation edit The business hours of tea restaurants are variable, usually from 5 or 6 am to 1 am, and there are tea restaurants open all night in busy areas such as Mong Kok. [4] There are also parts only, morning to afternoon, afternoon to evening, evening. to save costs. Most tea restaurants will give each customer a cup of tea after they are seated (it used to be "Ji Shui", and it is said to be an allusion to "Hunji")[10]. Now it's just green tea, and this cup of tea is usually bland, and Hong Kong people usually use it for washing dishes. There are generally three ways to provide tableware. One is that the waiter will provide suitable tableware after ordering, and the other is that all tableware will be pre-packed and placed on the table. Chopsticks, knives, forks and spoons will be packed in two separate tubes. Some tea restaurants will put all tableware, including paper towels and sugar, in the drawers of the dining table. Generally, no tip is charged, the waiter writes the food charge on the bill, and the bill is left with the customer, and he goes to the cashier to settle the bill with the bill. Some provide takeaway services, that is, deliver food to private houses or businesses in the area. Facilities edit A typical tea restaurant has a stand-up menu on the outside as a welcome, and introduces the fast food or special meal of the day. The internal tables will be square tables for 4 people or round tables or long tables for 6 to 8 people. There are also tables for 2 people. Usually, transparent glass is placed on the countertop, and there will be a menu under the glass for easy cleaning. Seats generally have backs, and seats in mainstream tea restaurants are generally round stools without backs. Some tea restaurants will have booths, which are said to have originated from the booths of trains. Because there will be more private space in the card seat, it is very popular among customers. However, the card slots in some tea restaurants are very narrow, and the seats for 4 people can only accommodate up to 2 people at most. Due to the requirement of cost reduction in tea restaurants, tableware with their own company name will not be specially ordered. Therefore, the bowls and dishes used in most tea restaurants have the same pattern. These dishes are easy to buy in local grocery stores, and some are provided by beverage manufacturers, which can play the role of advertising. These utensils include toothpick bottles, holders for placing menu cards, and so on. Common provider brands for these vessels include Ovaltine, Horlicks, Ribena, and others. In order to facilitate cleaning, the ground and the lower half of the wall or even the entire wall of the tea restaurant will be covered with ceramic tiles. In order to increase the sense of space on the upper half wall, a glass mirror will be installed, and menu cards will be pasted on the mirror or on the wall. Put tableware, toothpicks, seasonings, tea, cups, etc. on the table. If the tea restaurant is small, it will not be placed to save space. There are usually TVs or radios installed in restaurants, and some have altars. In terms of layout, some will put the siu mei part or the porridge noodles part at the exit, and use transparent glass to separate the food from the street, attracting customers with sight and smell. In order to speed up the operation, there will be bread on the outside. It is convenient to sell in the morning hours. culture edit A reminder board in the tea restaurant, the four-person card slots are divided into A and B sides. During busy hours, two people must sit on the same side of the card booth to facilitate "table setting". Most tea restaurants also need to "set up a stage", especially during the busiest time of the lunch market. "Taiwan" means that a few people who don't know each other sit at the same table. Usually the waiter in the tea restaurant will arrange the seats for the guests. Before 2007, most tea restaurants did not prohibit customers from smoking. There are even tea restaurant waiters who smoke while on duty. This is a major feature of tea restaurants. However, diners who are not good at smoking will be quite disgusted by this. However, since January 1, 2007, Hong Kong law has prohibited anyone from smoking in indoor restaurants. During lunch time, site workers, truck drivers and office workers all visit the tea restaurant at the same time. Customers from different walks of life and industries eat, talk, read horse scriptures, etc. in the tea restaurant, which has become a major feature of the tea restaurant. food edit Noodle Tea Restaurant Dry Fried Beef River is a common dish in tea restaurants The business hours of tea restaurants are usually divided into morning market, lunch market, afternoon tea, dinner market and supper. The morning market is about 5:00 am to 10:00 am, the lunch market is about 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, the afternoon tea is about 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, and the evening market is about 5:00 pm to 12:00 pm. Overnight period. Different foods are served at different times. The morning market is for breakfast, the afternoon market is for lunch, the afternoon tea market is for afternoon tea, the evening market is for dinner, and the night market is for snacks. Chinese and Western food are served at different times, and there are many unique foods in Hong Kong. In fact, these special foods are often eaten by customers casually, and developed by other curious diners, which shows the tolerance of Hong Kong tea restaurant culture. There are often dozens of kinds of food in the menu of a small tea restaurant, with a wide range of choices, and customers can mix and match at will to choose the right food. Most tea restaurants will serve a variety of plate rice, fried rice, fried noodles and fried noodles. Such as Yangzhou Fried Rice, Fujian Fried Rice, Western Fried Rice, Xingzhou Fried Rice, Fried Noodles with Shredded Pork, Dry Fried Beef, Onion and Pork Chop Rice, Laoding. However, there are no dishes like "Hong Kong-style fried rice" or "Hong Kong fried rice" in tea restaurants in Hong Kong. Tea restaurants serve a variety of drinks, snacks, plated meals, and set meals, and some also offer porridge, noodles, and siu mei. Some tea restaurants will serve Teochew-style noodles such as fish ball noodles and wonton noodles. The names of such tea restaurants are usually called "noodle tea restaurants". For siu mei, a special siu mei stall for cooked food should be set up in the tea restaurant. Not every tea restaurant will serve siu mei food. The siu-mei food served in tea restaurants generally includes barbecued pork, roast pork, suckling pig, roast goose, roast duck, white-cut chicken, soy sauce chicken and some brine foods. It is usually served with noodles or rice. White rice with siu-mei food is called siu-mei rice or plate rice. Since roast goose is more expensive than roast duck, there are many tea restaurants, and even roast goose on the menu of some restaurants actually serve roast duck. In the past, due to habit, even if restaurants or tea restaurants "substitute ducks for geese", diners seldom complained. However, with the public’s increasing demands on the authenticity of food ingredients and changes in Hong Kong’s laws, the practice of “substituting ducks for goose” will be considered illegal, and some restaurants have even been fined for passing roast ducks as roast goose[11 ], now most restaurants and tea restaurants do not confuse roast goose with roast duck. Some tea restaurants will provide a variety of porridge and fried dough sticks. package edit Morning set meal in tea restaurant A fixed menu, usually with multiple choices, served at specific times. Breakfast: open until 11:00 a.m. (some tea restaurants will extend until 11:30 or 12:00 a.m.). Generally, there are fried eggs, macaroni, meal packs, instant noodles or sandwiches, and coffee or tea is provided. The most common menu: cream meal buns, ham noodles, ham pasta/satay beef noodles, coffee or tea. Lunch: Served from about 11:00 am to 2:30 pm, common menu: butter bread, ham fried rice, barbeque pork soup Italian noodles, coffee or tea. Fast food: only available at lunchtime, most of which are pre-cooked dishes with drinks that can be served as soon as possible. Usually more than one choice, the common menus are Zhuhou Beef Brisket Rice, Curry Chicken Rice, Curry Beef Brisket Rice, Meat Chop Rice with Gorgon Sauce such as black pepper, onion, tomato sauce, white sauce, corn (Gorgon Sauce) with steak, pork Steak, chicken chop, pork slices, etc., or add ham slices, luncheon meat, sausage, fried eggs. The menu is usually changed every day, and some tea restaurants have a fixed fast food menu for a week in advance, and there are two or more choices on the same day. In addition, the content of the set meal and the dishes on the plate are actually very flexible. If customers want to replace the hot food in the set meal with other foods of the same price, most tea restaurants will accept it. As for some plate rice that belongs to the sauce and steak, the sauce and steak can be mixed freely. Regular meals: refer to foreign all day breakfasts, generally there is no time limit for serving, that is, it is served all day. The menu has remained unchanged for many years. The menu consists mostly of butter buns, noodles, and fried rice, which can be matched with different toppings such as spiced diced meat, satay beef, shredded pork with pickled vegetables, etc. Afternoon tea meal: generally fried food. Fried chicken legs, fried chicken wings, western toast, potato fries, ham and egg doll noodles, etc., with drinks. Nutritious meals: Some tea restaurants provide them. The menu is similar to breakfast, and the drink must be fresh milk or chocolate milk in a glass bottle, which is more expensive than breakfast. Generally available throughout the day. Healthy meals: Some tea restaurants serve them. The menu is similar to breakfast, but the drink must be fruit juice, which is more expensive than breakfast. Generally available throughout the day. Teppanyaki meal: available in some tea restaurants