In addition to the former location of Cafe China on East 37th Street, which held a Michelin star from 2012 to 2019, the pair is behind China Blue (a Tribeca restaurant that closed during the pandemic) and Birds of a Feather (a modern Sichuan spot in Williamsburg).

West Lake in Changsha, China, the world's biggest restaurant It has a surface area of 14 hectares, equivalent to almost 14 football pitches. But the real takeaway is that it is able to hold an extraordinary number of people.

The 1910 provenance also puts the Woodland café in close historical proximity to Butte, Montana's, Pekin Noodle Parlor, which dates to either 1909 or 1911 and is widely recognized as the nation's oldest Chinese restaurant.

With an annual revenue of over $3 billion, Panda Express is the largest Asian fast food restaurant in the United States, operating in 2,200 locations and employing 47,000 people. The Rosemead, California-based Panda Restaurant Group (PRG) is the parent company of Panda Express, Panda Inn, and Hibachi-San.