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.

KFC, with over 9,000 restaurants in 1,100 cities across China, is the most dominant fast-food chain in the country. It has captured a significant share of the Chinese fast-food market with its strategic expansion and the popularity of its products.