If you're going to open a Chinese restaurant what style of food will serve and what kind of atmosphere ?

Question

If you're going to open a Chinese restaurant what style of food will serve and what kind of atmosphere ?

Answer 1

obviously chineese,

but have a contempory atmosphere, too many chineese reataurants are dull and grim inside.

Def do a lunch special and be reasonably priced to get a loyal customer base.

Answer 2

There are already way too many Chinese restaurants!  I'd choose a different restaurant to open.

Answer 3

I would try Sichuan. IT is spicy and rare in the west, most westerners eat sweet chinese from the south, be different.

Answer 4

I would say this, 99%, depends upon location.  People living in the large, coastal, cities of the USA would be more interested in trying a stir-fry which features lamb than those living in Dallas, or Tulsa (for example).  I know little of Chinese interior decorating, other than the lavish royal one sees most often and, quite honestly, would go with the simple lines of Japanese:  black and white with grey-smoke glass table tops with red and gold accents kept to a minimum.  Re cuisine -again, depends upon location but one thing I would not do is have a menu cluttered with 75 things to choose from.  If I were thinking Big City, I would divide the menu into foods of 5 provinces and, perhaps, offer a business luncheon price, for something from a different province, each day, - a soup and stir-fry combination from Shandong one day and  a beef-noodle H. K.  the next day (plus serve Jasmine rice which many Chinese restaurants don't).  Just now I am wishing for chicken feet in black bean sauce - yum!.  The most important things are the food be prepared expertly and you don't serve Chinese-American 'garbage' or 'buffet-style garbage'.  To serve nothing but soups and various stir-fry at lunch-time might be a good idea as people are becoming more and more 'health-conscious' and stir-fry in peanut oil is healthy!  Hope all goes well.

Answer 5

Well certainly "flied lice", eggs foo yong, boiled lice, sweet and sour pork, combination stir fry in black bean sauce, sweet tea, combination seafood and those lovely little extras that look like potato chips and don't forget to have hot hand towels and chinese lanterns and white tablecloths and chopsticks (don't let in the losers who cannot use them - must keep "face"), stacks of soy sauce.  So as not to appear racist maybe have a bit of Japanese sushi on the menu.  Actually I like Asian restaurants which have special dishes from all Asian countries and throw in a bit of New Guinea fried rice whilst you are at it - lots of onions and plenty of greens are a good thing too and have Asian Art all over the place and oriental music too and make it a BYO.  Atmosphere not too classy  but delicious food at reasonable prices and also have a takeaway service and always offer the diners those plastic containers as doggie bags if they order more than they can eat - people would appreciate that.

Answer 6

mexican food in a chinese restaurant sounds good or burgers, haw about mac& cheese

Answer 7

Chinese food....and it would be like you are in China i guess

Answer 8

Chinese, but with no rice!!  It's now too expensive..