Hong Kong Noodle Company

Hong Kong Noodle Company
Restaurant information
Established 1916
Food type Chinese noodles
Street address 710 East 9th Place Los Angeles, CA 90021 United States[1]
City Los Angeles
Country United States of America

Hong Kong Noodle Shop is a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles, United States. It was founded in 1916 by Canton natives Jung David and his brother-in-law, Lester Soo Hoo, who had immigrated to Los Angeles.[2][3][4]

Fortune cookie

The Hong Kong Noodle Shop is usually associated with the fortune cookie, as its founders, Jung David and Lester Soo Hoo, claimed that they created the fortune cookie a few years after opening their noodle shop. They said that they were concerned about the paupers wandering outside his restaurant and decided to give them his cookies free of charge; however, to this day this claim has never been proven. (From family memoires)

References

  1. Hong Kong Noodle Co Google Plus. Retrieved June 14, 2012
  2. Parkinson, Rhoda. "Fortune Cookie History - Who Invented the Fortune Cookie?". About.com. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  3. Borgna Brunner. "The History of the Fortune Cookie Born in California, of Chinese American—or maybe Japanese American—origin". Infoplease. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  4. Funny and Fabulous Fortune Cookies Retrieved June 14, 2012

Coordinates: 34°02′11″N 118°15′03″W / 34.036286°N 118.250925°W / 34.036286; -118.250925


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