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touted asset ... as is its excellent and
caring service that sometimes takes
one back to the great days when serv-
ice was always looked upon as being so
very important ... No good restaurant
worth its weight was without it.
The three rooms at Hong Hua seat
150 ... with tables of eight or more
each including a Lazy Susan for easier
was created and became an
istinctive styling
dining ... All employees, not just wait-
instant success ... Only
in the
t only iornauo
dclenos'th
is
persons, wear white shirts and bowties
recently, the addition of a
description
... The same white linen tablecloths
seafood cake with shrimp,
automo-
and
burgundy linen napkins are Hong
scallops
and
blue
crab
meat
biles ... It is also an important
biles
Hua
staples of elegance ... The new
was
hailed
as
a
culinary
win-
ingredient taken into consid-
window shades, lined drapes and
ner ... as was just added can-
eration in the placement of
valances are exquisite touches.
taloupe bowl with sliced
culinary star degrees.
Many items not on the Hong Hua
white chicken breast ... in
A Chinese restaurant with
DAN NY
menu
are either new or specials that
which the cantaloupe's inside
this significant feature is rare
RAS KIN
Peter
concocts
regularly ... and are
is
scooped
out,
pan-fried
and
... Most of them would prefer
Local Co lumnist placed back into the shell
always
available.
to stick with the original ...
Shrimp in a black bean sauce with
with the succulent chicken.
or, as they say, traditional,
mushrooms, onions, ginger and
Recognizing that many people eat
even though the dishes may be old hat
Chinese squash is choice ... Very ten-
lightly in warmer weather brings out
... with no innovations to relieve the
der
with soft butter-like consistency is
the
fine
flexibility
in
the
cooking
at
drabness of time.
the
beef
tenderloin with fresh pineap-
Hong
Hua
by
Executive
Chef
Peter
One of the best in Chinese dining
ple and black pepper in a scooped out
Chan and his fine kitchen staff ... He
newness and uniqueness will celebrate
pineapple boat ... a dish that is with-
is also one of Hong Hua's owners,
its third anniversary on June 9.
,
with Danny Yu, Gary Yau and Shetwai out equal.
Following Hong Hua's opening on
Hong Hua is open seven days for
Seto.
that date in 2000 on Orchard Lake
lunch
and dinner ... Monday-
Light
foods
like
Tonga
are
served
...
Road just north of 12 Mile in
Thursday, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Friday
and Eastern "winter" melon cut into
Farmington Hills, many people didn't
and Saturday, 11 a.m.-midnight;
small pieces and cooked with shrimp,
know too much about it for a reason
Sundays and holidays,
... Those who had never
noon-midnight.
been there heard little
On its third anniversary,
about it from others who
Hong
Hua has achieved the
perhaps preferred to keep
distinction of being among
the secret to themselves for
the state of Michigan's lead-
as long as possible.
ers in oriental dining.
This lasted only six
In the three years ... its
months ... after which
numbers
have been out-
Hong Hua caught on
standing
for
a 150-seat
faster then a kite in a head-
restaurant ... over 11,000
wind ... When folks finally
pounds of choice plank
discovered for themselves
steak ... about 51,000
about Hong Hua, repeat
pounds of grouper ...
visits were enormous and
18,000 pounds of scallop ...
regular.
around 135,000 pounds of
The realization came
chicken ... about 33,000
quickly that here was a dis-
gallons of soup ... 27,000
tinctive Chinese restaurant
heads
of lettuce ... 10,000
without many equals any-
pounds
of pickerel ...
where in Michigan.
Gary Yau, Peter Chan and Danny Yu
10,200
live
lobsters ...
During that first six
5,100 almost 20 ounce-lob-
months, about a thousand
ster tails ... 7,500 pounds of black
scallops or beef in a special sauce.
customers a week came through the
When people who don't feel like eat- Chinese mushrooms ... more than
Hong Hua front door ... Today, more
9,000 orders of Peking duck ... etc.
than 3,000 weekly is normal ... Over a ing too much ask Danny or Gary
Some of the standards are there like
what
they
suggest,
the
two
dining
half million people have in this short
General Tao's chicken or various styles
room general managers-owners will
time seen the inside and dined in ele-
of fried rice or noodles, but by and
invariably come up with items whose
gant happiness.
large the majority of dishes served are
taste will usually result in an overly
Its wonderful menu has remained
rarely if ever seen on other Chinese
satisfactory adventure.
but with added delights ... as well as
menus
Hong
Hua
has
received
much
recog-
continual advancements of originality
From its lettuce wraps to Peking
nition
in
and
out
of
the
state
...
with
to bring out even more distinction and
duck
sliced and served tableside, to
culinary
awards
that
have
reached
very
taste.
flamed whole pickerel to stir-fried scal-
In the second year, an excellent pan- high standards.
lops with asparagus to fillet of grouper
Its superior cleanliness is a highly
fried sea bass with garlic and ginger

Hong Hua celebrates its third anniversary as
an innovator of elegant Chinese cuisine.

HOWIE MANDEL

A star everywhere you look: television, film
and the stage, comedian Howie Mandel has
been entertaining audiences for years. Come
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today's most successful comedians.

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LEE GREENWOOD

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from movies themes to his patriotic anthem

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