The Hong Kong Flower Lounge, which closed Dec. 31, had a capability of as much as 550 individuals. (Picture courtesy through Yelp.)
By Kate Bradshaw
Millbrae’s Hong Kong Flower Lounge, a longtime dim sum and seafood restaurant favored within the Michelin Information, closed completely Dec. 31.
The restaurant proprietor deliberate to retire after which selected to not renew the lease, based on reporting by SFGATE and KTSF 26 (plug KTSF’s story into Google Translate to learn it in English.)
Dishes provided included Peking duck, BBQ pork buns and all kinds of dumplings, and the house was giant sufficient to accommodate as much as 550 diners. KTSF studies that the restaurant opened in 1989, whereas the enterprise’ web site says it has been within the San Francisco Bay Space for 20 years.
Within the Michelin Guide, its fare was described in vivid and mouthwatering phrases: “Generations of dim sum diehards have patronized this palace of pork buns, the place a small military of servers will encompass you with carts from the second you’re taking your seat. They bear innumerable delights: wealthy barbecue pork stomach with crispy pores and skin, pan-fried pork-and-chive wontons steamed to order and doused in oyster sauce, delicate vegetable dumplings and a best-in-class baked egg custard bun.”
Reader Pearle Lun says the spot was a “longtime fixture for the Cantonese group.”
“It had an enormous house for banquets and celebrations, and it seems like there are fewer of these within the space as of late,” she mentioned in an e mail.
The restaurant was previously referred to as Mayflower Seafood. There’s a second location of Mayflower Seafood that is nonetheless open in Milpitas.
In response to SFGATE, the owner plans to transform the house and hire it out once more.
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