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A Cantonese restaurant is a type of Chinese restaurant
Chinese restaurant

See:* Chinese cuisine* American Chinese cuisine* Canadian Chinese cuisine* Glutamic acid #Chinese restaurant syndrome, purportedly caused by the flavor enhancer glutamate...
 that originated from Guangzhou
Guangzhou

'Guangzhou' is the Capital and a sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province of China in the northern and southern China part of the People's Republic of China....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. This style of restaurant soon flourished in Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
.

of the earliest restaurants in Colonial Hong Kong
Colonial Hong Kong

The British Hong Kong period began in the 19th century when the United Kingdom, Netherlands, French, Demographics of Indias and United States saw China as the world's largest untapped market....
 were influenced by Cantonese people
Cantonese people

The Cantonese people , broadly speaking, are a subgroup of the Han Chinese originating from the present-day Guangdong province in North China and South China China....
. Through out the history of Hong Kong cuisine, a great deal of Southern China's diet became synonymous with Cantonese style food.

As many Cantonese people, including chef
Chef

A chef is a person who cooking professionally. In a professional kitchen setting, the term is used only for the one person in charge of everyone else in the kitchen, the executive chef....
s, emigrated from Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
 to the Western world
Western world

The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
, authentic Cantonese restaurants began appearing in many Chinatown
Chinatown

A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of overseas Chinese residents, usually outside of Greater China. Chinatowns are present throughout the world, including those in East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe....
s overseas.






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A Cantonese restaurant is a type of Chinese restaurant
Chinese restaurant

See:* Chinese cuisine* American Chinese cuisine* Canadian Chinese cuisine* Glutamic acid #Chinese restaurant syndrome, purportedly caused by the flavor enhancer glutamate...
 that originated from Guangzhou
Guangzhou

'Guangzhou' is the Capital and a sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province of China in the northern and southern China part of the People's Republic of China....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. This style of restaurant soon flourished in Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
.

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Some of the earliest restaurants in Colonial Hong Kong
Colonial Hong Kong

The British Hong Kong period began in the 19th century when the United Kingdom, Netherlands, French, Demographics of Indias and United States saw China as the world's largest untapped market....
 were influenced by Cantonese people
Cantonese people

The Cantonese people , broadly speaking, are a subgroup of the Han Chinese originating from the present-day Guangdong province in North China and South China China....
. Through out the history of Hong Kong cuisine, a great deal of Southern China's diet became synonymous with Cantonese style food.

As many Cantonese people, including chef
Chef

A chef is a person who cooking professionally. In a professional kitchen setting, the term is used only for the one person in charge of everyone else in the kitchen, the executive chef....
s, emigrated from Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
 to the Western world
Western world

The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
, authentic Cantonese restaurants began appearing in many Chinatown
Chinatown

A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of overseas Chinese residents, usually outside of Greater China. Chinatowns are present throughout the world, including those in East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe....
s overseas. From 1980 to 1986, an estimated 21,000 left Hong Kong permanently each year. Beginning in 1987 the numbers rose sharply to 48,000 people a year.

Many Chinese restaurants in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 are actually Cantonese take-out
Take-out

Take-out , carry-out ,, take-away , parcel , or tapau , , is food purchased at a restaurant but eaten elsewhere. The restaurant may or may not provide table service....
 restaurants with few people recognising the difference between Cantonese and mainstream Chinese.

Restaurant types

Typically in the afternoon, dim sum
Dim sum

Dim sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light dishes served alongside Chinese tea. It is usually served in the mornings until noon time at Chinese restaurants and at specialty dim sum eateries where typical dishes are available throughout the day....
 are served during yum cha
Yum cha

Yum cha is a term in Cantonese which means "drink Chinese tea". It refers to the custom of eating small servings of different foods while sipping Chinese tea in Cantonese speaking areas of northern and southern China China....
 hour. A few Cantonese dishes
Cantonese cuisine

Cantonese cuisine comes from Guangdong in Southern China, or specifically from Guangzhou . Of all the regional varieties of Chinese cuisine, Cantonese is the best known outside China; most "Chinese restaurants" in Western countries serve Cantonese cuisine and dishes based on it....
 may be available. In the evening, various Chinese banquet
Banquet

Image:State Banquet Serving the Peacock Fac simile of a Woodcut in an edition of Virgil folio.A BANQUET is a large public meal or feast, complete with main courses and desserts....
s of Cantonese cuisine
Cantonese cuisine

Cantonese cuisine comes from Guangdong in Southern China, or specifically from Guangzhou . Of all the regional varieties of Chinese cuisine, Cantonese is the best known outside China; most "Chinese restaurants" in Western countries serve Cantonese cuisine and dishes based on it....
 are held in the restaurant.

There are two main types of Cantonese restaurant.
  • chaa lau, literally tea house, is a place serving only tea and dim sum.
  • jau lau, literally wine house, is a place serving banquets. From the early 20th century, jau lau started providing tea and dim sum like cha lau. Thus only a few chaa lau remain in business.


Others.
  • Seafood jau ga, are restaurants that sometimes specialize into more seafood dishes.


Business

Nearly all the Cantonese restaurants provide yum cha
Yum cha

Yum cha is a term in Cantonese which means "drink Chinese tea". It refers to the custom of eating small servings of different foods while sipping Chinese tea in Cantonese speaking areas of northern and southern China China....
, dim sum
Dim sum

Dim sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light dishes served alongside Chinese tea. It is usually served in the mornings until noon time at Chinese restaurants and at specialty dim sum eateries where typical dishes are available throughout the day....
, dishes, and banquets with their business varying between the hour of the day. Some restaurants try to stand out by becoming more specialised (focusing on hot pot
Hot pot

Hot pot , or less commonly Chinese fondue, refers to several Chinese varieties of steamboat . It consists of a simmering metal pot of stock at the center of the dining table....
 dishes or seafood, for example), while others offer dishes from other Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in many other parts of the world ? from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa....
s such as Szechuan, Shanghai
Shanghai

Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....
, Fujian
Fujian

is one of the Province of China on the southeast coast of People's Republic of China. Fujian borders Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south....
 (Teochew
Chaozhou

Chaozhou , also widely known by its Chinese Postal Map Romanization Teochew, is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province of China, People's Republic of China....
 cooking, a regional variation of Guangzhou is similar to that of Fujian), Hakka
Hakka

The Hakka people are a subgroup of the Han Chinese people based in the provinces of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian in China and speaking the Hakka language....
, and many others.

A new kind of Cantonese restaurants are quickly spreading overseas and mainland China. It is often referred as Hong Kong-style zau lau outside Hong Kong.

Notable restaurants

  • Jumbo Floating Restaurant
  • Lin Heung
  • Lung Mun
  • Maxim's
    Maxim's Catering

    Maxim's is Hong Kong's largest food & beverage corporation and restaurant chain. Founded in the 1950s by entrepreneurial brothers S.T. Wu,James T....
  • A & J Chinese Restaurant (Pottsville, NSW, Australia)
  • Landmark Restaurant (Sunnybank, QLD, Australia)


See also

  • Dai pai dong
    Dai pai dong

    Dai pai dong is a type of open-air food stall once very popular in Hong Kong. The government registration name in Hong Kong is "cooked-food stalls"....
  • Cha chaan teng
    Cha chaan teng

    A cha chaan teng is a type of Chinese food tea restaurant commonly found in Hong Kong, known for its eclectic and affordable menus which include many dishes from Hong Kong cuisine and Hong Kong-style Western cuisine....