Wing Wah () is a

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based restaurant chain and food manufacturer owned by Wing Wah Food Manufactory Limited (). The company is most renowned for its

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, and also produces:

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cakes Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate ...

, and

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...

History

The company was first established in 1950 by Lau Pui Ling 劉培齡 and 趙聿修. The Wing Wah restaurant started trading in a four-storey building in Yuen Long which included a retail shop which sold its mooncakes. The business was incorporated in 1962. In 1963, it launched a new mooncake made from white lotus paste. The Wanchai branch was opened in 1967, and a larger restaurant was opened in Yuen Long in 1975. The retail side of the business has grown, with branches all over Hong Kong selling Chinese sausage, cakes, and teas. In the 1990s, the company built the eponymous Wing Wah Centre in its home district of Yuen Long, and continued opening shops in high traffic areas such as

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, and a multimedia tea museum at

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Development

In 1960s, Hong Kong Wing Wah Cake Shop mainly concentrated on its bakery business and was reorganised into a

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. A manufacturing plant was established in Hong Kong with the introduction of various kinds of automated production machines to upgrade overall product quality. In the 1970s, Wing Wah founded its own retail outlets at different locations, including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the

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, in order to actively expand and promote its business. During this period, the company also began to expand its sales into international markets, selling mooncakes in over 100 major cities in mainland China, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Southeast Asian countries. In the 1980s, Wing Wah began to focus on the China market. Until now, Wing Wah mooncakes have reached as far as Inner

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and Harbin. In late 90s, it was the first Chinese cake shop to open up retail branches at the

Products

Moon Cake A mooncake () is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節). The festival is about lunar appreciation and Moon watching, and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between f ...

Series * Icy Moon Cake Series (

Snow skin mooncake Snow skin moon, snowy mooncake, ice skin mooncake or crystal mooncake is a Chinese food eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Snow skin mooncakes are a non-baked mooncake originating from Hong Kong. The snow skin mooncake is also found in Ma ...

) * Chinese Preserved Sausage Series * Chinese Cakes * Chinese

Wedding Cake A wedding cake is the traditional cake served at wedding receptions following dinner. In some parts of England, the wedding cake is served at a wedding breakfast; the 'wedding breakfast' does not mean the meal will be held in the morning, but ...

* Chinese

Tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...

Series * Seasonal Food

Contribution

Wing Wah Cake Shop has participated in various charitable activities. Since 1989, "community mooncakes" are made every Mid-Autumn Festival to raise money for charity. All funds raised are donated to

The Community Chest of Hong Kong The Community Chest of Hong Kong () is an independent, nonprofit organization established on 8 November 1968 in Hong Kong. As one of the most important charities in Hong Kong, The Community Chest serves as an umbrella organization to provide gr ...

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References

External links

Official website
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