Master Wang
Roughly 30 years ago, in the early 2000s, Master Wang returned to his family roots: gastronomy. It is true that his
grandfather was a well-known chef back home, in Beijing, but Wang himself did not start on such a path when he
was young. Later, fate and business led him to become a restaurant owner here in Budapest.
He was familiar with the type of Chinese buffet that most people in Europe would know - but he wanted something different. Moreover, he wanted to present real and especially high-quality Chinese cuisine. His intention found discerning ears (or rather taste buds) and gained great popularity in a short time. Insomuch that he had already opened 4 restaurants by the early 2000s. Although the journey seems to be a clear success in a few sentences, there were also plenty of downs, as the following story shows. It was in 2009 when he decided to pool his resources, the knowledge and value he had accumulated in his restaurants, in order to implement a completely new concept that was unknown until then: to create an authentic, traditional, all-round high-quality Sichuan-style restaurant. In order to implement the plan, he returned to China for a while to gather ideas and draw inspiration. On his return, he sold his own house and started renovating an avenue that he thought would be suitable. Everything went according to plan. However, life rarely offers a straight path. Complications soon arose. Starting with the fact that he hired the wrong professionals, the renovation time kept getting delayed. Until the resources ran out - yes, the money too. Master Wang did his best to raise the necessary funds, but there was always another problem, so the money was almost never enough. Having had enough of the seemingly hopeless struggle, he decided to put everything on one page. Literally, actually: He wanted to raise the money by playing Texas Hold'em poker, but he didn't even know how to play it at the time. He immediately bought three books, from which he tried to learn as much as possible. 3 days later he was sitting at the poker table. In the next six weeks, he managed to win enough money to finish the restaurant. Moreover, he became the absolute winner in one of the poker tournaments - he even pocketed 2 million in bonuses. Yes, this story is exactly about this restaurant. The one in which you are sitting now: The restaurant, which has received many awards and recognitions over the past years. We could write a long list of Chinese and international movie stars, famous Hollywood directors, Olympians, champions, and dignitaries who have visited this place. In recent decades, Master Wang has made a significant contribution to the respectability of Chinese hospitality and to the rise of the standard in Hungary: He helped to create cultural and culinary bridges by showing and explaining to Hungarians what traditional Chinese cuisine means and why Sichuan gastronomy is world famous. He is very pleased that since then many others have drawn inspiration from this restaurant and carried on its values. Master Wang hopes and believes that he and his team could contribute something to change the previously formed image of Chinese cuisine. In recent years, Master Wang has made other restaurants successful. We are constantly working to improve ourselves and offer better and more exciting food to those interested in Chinese gastronomy: Our goal has always been to serve traditional Chinese food. We hope that authentic Chinese cuisine will flourish in Hungary for a long time to come!