Foo’s Ho Ho Restaurant – Oldest Chinese Restaurant in Vancouver’s Historic Chinatown!
Foo’s Ho Ho Restaurant
102 E. Pender
Vancouver BC
604-609-2889
Friends of Foo’s Ho Ho is an ad hoc group formed to educate lovers of good food about traditional Lo Wah Kiu (old overseas Chinese) cooking style and to preserve it for those who believe it is soul food.
Foo’s Ho Ho is the oldest Chinese restaurant in Hum Siu Fow (Saltwater City – Vancouver) historic Chinatown. It’s unique because it serves an old country-style of Cantonese cuisine that cannot be found anywhere else in Metro Vancouver.
As Chinatowns prospered, many of the finest Chinese chefs followed this style of down-home cooking and soon it was elevated to a high cuisine. As the Chinese population dispersed towards the prairies and farther east, the Chinese café became a staple in almost every small rural community. Soon many dishes such as Egg Fu-Yung, Chow Mein, Chop Suey, Sweet and Sour Pork and Deep Fried Prawns were added to the menu. Thus the food served by Foo’s Ho Ho is part of a culinary legacy that spans over 150 years of continued Chinese Canadian presence in Canada.
" The patrons lend a certain 'je ne sai quoi' which may be the heart of the
movement to keep Foo's Ho Ho's heart beating"
Please visit:
Foo's Ho Ho Restaurant
102 E. Pender
Vancouver BC
604-609-2889
Open Wed-Sun, 12 - 3 pm and 5 - 9 pm
Great post! I had no idea about the history of these dishes.