1. In Hong Kong, tea restaurants are located in various districts, and their business hours are variable, usually from 6 a.m. to early morning. Tea restaurants in busy areas such as Mong Kok are more likely to be open all night. A teahouse is an authentic Hong Kong restaurant whose main customers are the general public. Its main features include:

2. Food diversification: The tea restaurant provides Chinese and Western food, as well as many Hong Kong-style foods, such as pineapple oil, Yuanyang (coffee mixed with stockings milk tea, chicken Tail buns, Mexican buns, egg tarts, more cream, more fresh oil, egg noodles, fried doll noodles, etc.). There are often dozens of food items on the menu of a small tea restaurant, with a wide range of choices.

3. Pay attention to efficiency: Tea restaurants generally do not accept tips. Customers pay at the cashier themselves after visiting. And there is no need to wait, and you can set up a table (multiple guests who don't know each other can use one table). From ordering to checkout, speed is important.

4. Food prices are affordable: Food prices sold in traditional restaurants are usually relatively expensive. A meal in a tea restaurant may only cost more than 20 Hong Kong dollars. Regular meals and fast food in a tea restaurant will include drinks, or free water or hot tea.

Extended information

The predecessor of the tea restaurant was the ice room. In the early years of Hong Kong, only high-end restaurants (formerly known as Western restaurants or dining rooms) served Western-style food, and they were expensive. After the Second World War, Hong Kong people were increasingly influenced by Western food customs, and ice houses emerged one after another, providing cheap imitation Western food.

At that time, the ice room mainly provided drinks such as coffee, milk tea, and red bean ice, as well as snacks such as sandwiches and butter toast. Some even had bakeries to make fresh pineapple buns, egg tarts, etc. Later, the types of food provided by the ice room gradually increased, and combined with the model of a Western restaurant and restaurant, it evolved into today's tea restaurant, which provides traditional Chinese stir-fry and European and American food. Later, it also developed into dinner side dishes, with a variety of styles.

Reference materials? Baidu Encyclopedia—Tea Restaurant