Amigo () is a French and Western cuisine restaurant in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

. It was created by owner Yeung Wing Chung () and his staff. Yeung's wife came up with the Spanish name Amigo, meaning "friend". It is located on

Wong Nai Chung Road Wong Nai Chung Road ( Chinese: 黃泥涌道) is a major road in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. It is a U-shaped road that encircles the southern and eastern sides of the Happy Valley Racecourse. Location Wong Nai Chung Road starts northeast at the j ...

, Happy Valley. Some of their signature dishes include: whole fresh Tasmanian lobster dishes, braised oxtail stew, foie gras, lobster bisque, scallop chowder, fish chowder, bisque d'escargot, roasted rack of lamb, Mongolian raw beef appetiser and warmed salted ox-tongue with mesclun salad, and of course their signature Napoleon celebration cake and soufflé

History

The first Amigo Restaurant opened in

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in the middle of the

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. It survived that traumatic time and continued to grow within its first year of operation, later purchasing its own premises at Amigo Mansion in Happy Valley in 1976. The mansion and the restaurant were designed and built together.

Decorations

There are watercolours by Sir William Russell Flint on the walls. There are also antique sideboards holding Christofle silver and trolleys for carving or making crepes suzettes at the table.

Owner

The restaurant owner Yeung Wing-chung comes from a family whose main business was selling rice. He later branched out into the toy business and hit the jackpot in the 1980s manufacturing

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References

External links

Official website
Happy Valley, Hong Kong Restaurants established in 1967 1967 establishments in Hong Kong French restaurants in Hong Kong {{restaurant-stub