And Yao Ming only a "Yao" word as a signboard, the Yao restaurant began to open when very hot, specializing in Chinese food. Yao Ming was still playing for the Rockets at the time, and because of his strong personal influence, many people came to eat at Yao's restaurant. Yao Ming would often bring his Rockets teammates to Yao Restaurant for dinners, and he would also bring some NBA celebrities to taste Chinese food, such as Uncle Mu and Ewing. Over time, Yao's restaurant has become a place for Yao Ming's private dinners.
Yao's restaurant was once a hotspot, and drove the development of the local tourism industry, with many Chinese tourists coming to Houston to watch the Rockets play at home and then to eat at Yao's restaurant. But after Yao Ming retired from the NBA in 2011, the business of Yao's restaurant became more and more sluggish. Although Yao occasionally comes to Houston for events, Yao Restaurant has also seen a decline in traffic due to Yao's diminishing popularity in the league.
Yao Restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine, but the restaurant started out with Yao Ming's signature, when Yao Ming's influence in the local area is reduced, even if Americans love Chinese food, Yao Restaurant business is quite general. When the Yao restaurant was hot, but also in other parts of Houston opened branches, Yao Ming a retirement, one of the branches due to poor management and closed down.
Now only the Yao Restaurant near Houston's Chinatown is still in the opening stage, and Yao Restaurant's food is very general, but the price is very expensive. After that Yao Restaurant also opened to Yao Ming's hometown of Shanghai, and I guess the business is not good either. Now that Yao Ming is dedicated to the Chinese basketball cause, he is not very interested in these side businesses. And Yao restaurant has also been said that this Yao character does not refer to Yao Ming, but Yao Ming's father Yao Zhiyuan.
The above is my personal opinion, if you have different opinions, welcome to discuss in the comments section.
Of course, the people are gone, Yao Ming has retired, and returned to China, his parents wife and daughter also returned to China, Yao Ming's center of gravity are in China's basketball, and naturally there is no time to manage the Yao restaurant, a has been closed, and a door can not be.
Yao Ming just went to the NBA, the reputation is very high, after all, is the first prize show, plus the identity of the Chinese, many local Chinese for Yao Ming is naturally very respected, plus Yao Ming has economic acumen, so opened a "Yao restaurant", which featured Yao's mother's chaos.
Yao Ming later told everyone that the Yao restaurant Yao, mainly refers to his father Yao Zhiyuan. However, people don't care so much, still crowded inside the Yao restaurant, business is good to burst. Moreover, Yao Ming also brought his friends to Yao Restaurant, which is equivalent to advertising. Because the business is so good, Yao Ming they opened another Houston branch, and reportedly there was an intention to open another branch in Shanghai.
Then, when Yao Ming retired in 2011, he became the owner of the Shanghai team, basically in the country, people go tea cooler, people no longer go to Yao restaurant inside, Yao Ming can not patronize, so a Yao restaurant has been closed, the other door can be sparrows, moreover, this is still open Yao restaurant has been the Chinese-based recipes, changed into a Western-based. The name of the Yao restaurant actually has a slight connection to Yao Ming.
No way, the reality is so, Yao Ming, after all, is also a human being, can not have so much distraction to run the restaurant, his focus is now in China's basketball, which is Yao Ming main thing.
Yao Ming is very famous among the athletes in our country, even now, he is the president of our National Basketball Association. Yao Ming's basketball career is very brilliant, he is the first yellow man to be elected as the NBA's top player, and the only one as of now.
At that time, he brought a lot of fame to the city by joining the Houston Rockets as a first-ballot player. Yao Ming had a brilliant career in the NBA and is the only Asian player to be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. What we can see from him is that yellow people can also play basketball. During the rocket team, Yao Ming teamed up with Maddie many times to create a brilliant, that time the rocket is the favorite of the whole league, even if it is now Harden Paul led by the rocket, but not as good as the rocket at that time, that time the Houston stadium is full, and then look at the audience now, it is really less than pathetic.
The vast majority of NBA stars have their own side business, Yao Ming is no surprise, and then more money can be spent, many people know this reason Yao Ming naturally know, in the rocket team during the period, he began to "entrepreneurship", opened a restaurant, called "Yao restaurant! "The name of this restaurant is also defined by his name, the food inside is a combination of East and West, in the beginning of the opening, attracted a large number of customers. There were a lot of Chinese people who went to the restaurant. Later, the business became better and better, and several branches were opened in Houston. At that time Yao Ming is the restaurant's signboard, many people are running to the celebrity effect in the past, now Yao Ming has retired from the Rockets for eight years, they have this restaurant business how?
Losing the celebrity effect of Yao restaurant has not closed so far, on the contrary, the restaurant business here is still very good, because this is a combination of Chinese and Western restaurant, very characteristic. Even if Yao Ming has left Houston, where there is no more celebrity effect, but people's taste buds will not lie, which one's food is good, business will continue.
Yao Ming opened a restaurant when he was still playing for the Rockets closed, mainly because he operated too single dish, the customer base is too narrow. The opening fire for a few days on the not work, Yao Ming just play basketball, he can not go to the management of the restaurant, partly because the dishes are not suitable for the taste of Americans, the other hand is the result of mismanagement.
As the first domestic player to log on to the NBA as a first-ballot player, Yao Ming's influence in the NBA is very high, but also completely opened up the basketball market in China. Unfortunately, Yao Ming's playing time in the league is not very long, just 9 years because of injuries and other problems had to leave. During his career, Yao had opened an NBA-themed restaurant called "Yao Restaurant" in Houston.
While Yao's restaurant was not luxuriously decorated from the outside, it attracted countless fans and passers-by, and became one of the places where fans would definitely "clock in" after watching a game. When it first opened, stars such as Uncle Mu, Boss Foo, O'Neal, Judy, and Maddie all came to support the restaurant, and many players who like Chinese food also came to taste it.
Because it was a combination of "restaurant" and "bar," fans could not only enjoy authentic Chinese food, but also drink and chat, and watch live NBA games. Yao Restaurant became one of the most popular restaurants in Houston, with a steady stream of fans coming to support Yao Ming, often requiring lines and reservations.
However, as Yao Ming retired in '11, the popularity of Yao's restaurant began to gradually decline. Although there are still a lot of people who come to see the game live every year, it has been difficult to maintain the fire of the year. And then Yao Ming began to fight for China's basketball, and moved away from Houston with his family, rarely returning to the restaurant.
Today one of Yao's restaurants has closed and one is in a state of disrepair. Yao Ming will be most of the energy and mind on the development of the CBA, naturally, also have no time to spare to operate a side business, now can only be described as "people away from the tea cool".
The term "Yao Restaurant" is perhaps the best description of the current status of Yao Restaurant!
For the "Yao Restaurant", Yao Ming has always explained to the public, this Yao is the father of Yao Zhiyuan Yao, not Yao Ming Yao, equivalent to say, this is not my Yao Ming open, is my father in the operation, I do not get involved in all the matters!
The Yao restaurant is run by Yao Ming's parents, Yao Zhiyuan and Fang Fengdi, as well as Yao Ming's friends, Wang Daqian, Fu Jilin, and Yu Di, etc. The location is very good, located in Houston's West Town, the busiest upscale dining street, 9755 Westheimer Street, with a lot of Chinese living nearby, and a Chinatown 15 minutes away from this restaurant, due to Yao Ming's fame in China, many Chinese and Rockets fans have come to visit the restaurant. Due to Yao Ming's popularity in China, many Chinese and Rockets fans came to visit Yao's restaurant, and business was once very hot in the first few years of the restaurant's opening! This Yao restaurant opened when Yao Ming is still playing for the rocket, due to Yao Ming's relationship, the rocket team many dinners will be preferred Yao restaurant, to give Yao Ming face, plus Yao restaurant main Shanghai and Sichuan Yang dishes, many foreigners are also very interested in Chinese cuisine!
The good times did not last long, perhaps because of Yao Ming's retirement, the restaurant seems to have lost its influence overnight, and many of the diners who came to the restaurant could not see Yao Ming, or perhaps realized that Yao Ming and this restaurant does not have much to do with the restaurant, and gradually lost interest in Yao restaurant, no longer patronized, Yao restaurant business began to decline, and later reported that a branch has closed down!
Today's Yao Restaurant business can only be said to be mediocre, most of the customers to Yao Restaurant are not far from the Chinese in Chinatown, if there is no support for the Chinese, it is estimated that Yao Restaurant is very difficult to operate again!
Nowadays, one of Yao's restaurants has closed down, and the other one is in a state where the doors are bare. Yao Ming will be most of the energy and mind on the development of the CBA, naturally also have no time to spare to operate side business, now can only be described as "people away from the tea cold".
It can be remembered that when Yao Ming was first elected as the NBA's top player, people in China were excited, but American fans were more skeptical because they had never seen an Asian player who was able to overwhelm the many local black players in the U.S. with his explosive power. So Yao Ming's "NBA road" is not smooth at the beginning, even many teammates are not convinced that he, Barkley even directly in the United States live show to mock Yao Ming is a water goods, Yao Ming can get 20 points a game, he kissed Yao Ming ass. Of course, the result is that the Rockets traded away those unconvinced players, corrected Yao Ming, Yao Ming also quickly face Barkley. And in his rookie season season was selected as an All-Star starter, becoming a household name in the United States.
The Rockets have also become the "NBA home team" in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Chinese fans, and when Yao Ming's influence gradually became bigger, some businessmen hoped to utilize Yao Ming's influence to turn into revenue, so in 2005, in the heart of Houston's most luxurious, upscale dining street Westheimer Street was founded. In 2005, "Yao Restaurant" was founded on Westheimer Street, the most luxurious center of Houston, a high-end restaurant street, which at that time could be described as a "net red card place" in the hearts of Houstonians, not only can taste authentic Chinese food, but also have the opportunity to meet Yao Ming in person, so the business was exceptionally hot, and the Rockets' game days were even more packed. However, Yao Ming announced his retirement in 2011, and now it has been eight years, so once the business is booming Yao restaurant, how is the status quo?
In Houston, there are actually two Yao restaurants in one ****, the first is the luxurious downtown area mentioned above, and the second is near Chinatown, where there are more Chinese. When Yao Ming first retired, the influence hadn't receded and the restaurant was still viable, but by the fourth year after Yao's retirement, the Yao Restaurant on Hemmer Street had announced its closure. Now only the Yao restaurant in the Chinatown neighborhood is still struggling to stay afloat.
So this also makes people have to lament, anything is a person away from the tea cooler, Yao Ming, although the peak period of influence is huge, but only after a few years of time, has not been able to drive the consumption of Houston. In contrast, Jordan is truly a global superstar, he has been retired for 17 years, but Jordan's MJ shoes are still the world's hottest sneakers. But now Yao Ming's influence is also mainly in the domestic, he serves as chairman of the basketball association, with another way to lead the development of Chinese basketball.
Yao Hall is not working today. It is easy to understand, first of all, Americans for privacy is still more valued, which also makes them for any star is not so fanatical, sometimes even if the road to run into is not so crazy. And when their favorite stars and their own interests related to conflict, Americans will not hesitate to choose their own. Even if the recent James voice is condemned as much, while he was a Cleveland sports hero for Hillary stood up for the year did not get much response.
Yao Ming, as famous as he is, is equally unable to make an exception for Americans. Not only Americans, but consumers anywhere in the world, do not go overboard with their personal worship of sports. Since it's a restaurant, value for money and the food itself are key. Yao's restaurant still relies mainly on marketing to eat, the dishes and prices are completely unable to compete with the same type of restaurant to form a competitive advantage, so it is conceivable that no business to the point of closure.
What's more, Yao Ming used to be a team owner, and now he's the chairman of the National Basketball Association (NBA), so his energy is not that high, and his family doesn't look like they like doing business. It's not a big deal if you don't do business.
Of course, people are gone, Yao Ming has retired, and returned to China, his parents wife and daughter also returned to China, Yao Ming's focus is on Chinese basketball, naturally, there is no time to manage the Yao restaurant, one has been closed, and a door can be closed.
Yao Ming just went to the NBA, the reputation is very high, after all, is the first prize show, plus the identity of the Chinese, many local Chinese for Yao Ming is naturally very respected, plus Yao Ming has economic acumen, so opened a "Yao restaurant", which featured Yao's mother's chaos.
Yao Ming later told everyone that the Yao restaurant Yao, mainly refers to his father Yao Zhiyuan. However, people don't care so much, still crowded inside the Yao restaurant, business is good to burst. Moreover, Yao Ming also brought his friends to Yao Restaurant, which is equivalent to advertising. Because the business is so good, Yao Ming they opened another Houston branch, and reportedly there was an intention to open another branch in Shanghai.
Then, when Yao Ming retired in 2011, he became the owner of the Shanghai team, basically in the country, people go tea cooler, people no longer go to Yao restaurant inside, Yao Ming can not patronize, so a Yao restaurant has been closed, the other door can be sparrows, moreover, this is still open Yao restaurant has been the Chinese-based recipes, changed into a Western-based. The name of the Yao restaurant actually has a slight connection to Yao Ming.
No way, the reality is so, Yao Ming, after all, is also a person, there can not be so much distraction to run the restaurant, his current focus on the Chinese basketball, which is Yao Ming main thing.