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World’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant – Ma Yu Chang’s Bucket Chicken House

World’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant – Ma Yu Chang’s Bucket Chicken House

They Are Doing Something Right! (Sources:  BlackBerry Channel Amazing Facts, PIN:C00120B05, Wikipedia, and http://vida-tranquila.blogspot.com/) Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House (Chinese: 马豫兴桶子鸡; pinyin: Mǎ Yùxīng Tǒngzi Jī), located in Kaifeng, China, is by some accounts the world’s oldest restaurant. It allegedly opened for business during the in 1153 AD. Having survived numerous wars, invasions, and dynasty changes, it still offers takeout food. Traditionally, “bucket ...

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Welcome North Dakota!

So, welcome North Dakota. Whoever you are... Mee want to Mee-t YOU! Please let us know who you are and how you learned about The Chinese Quest. Read more!

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What to Expect at a Chinese Wedding Buffet

Their Special Day If you have never been to a Chinese wedding before, then you are in for a real treat… or even 10 of them! Chinese wedding buffets are unlike anything else, and there’s one thing for sure – you won’t leave hungry. Typically, there are between eight and twelve courses served, and that doesn’t even include the cake! ...

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Eat Chinese Food and Stay out of the ER!

health

Eat Well I don’t have nearly enough data to make that bold claim with any degree of statistical significance.  Not that I would want to either!  Though I have plenty of evidence to support it! Perhaps it’s just an odd coincidence.  Or, perhaps it’s a pattern.  Can you imagine that marketing angle… “Eating Chinese food will keep you healthy, happy, ...

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Chow Baby!

Chow-Mein

Not Exactly! According to some resources, Chow Mein was invented IN the United States to feed AMERICANS. It is based on Cantonese cuisine. Read more!

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