Second Oldest Continuously Operated Chinese Restaurant in America - Tong Fong Low in California

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Two generations in two families over one hundred years, Tong Fong Low in Oroville, CA is a classic Chinese immigrant story.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:08 Its story
4:05 Menu
References:
- Photos courtesy of Tong Fong Low: www.tongfonglow.com/
- Oroville Union High School District: www.ouhsd.org/cms/lib/CA02222...
- Explore Butte County: www.explorebuttecounty.com/st...
- Oroville Mercury-Register: eccentricculinary.substack.co...
- Tong Fong Low 100 year anniversary celebration: • Tong Fong Low 100 Year...

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1 июн 2024

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Комментарии : 14

@TrevorTrottier Год назад

My favorite channel. Hope you and the kid are doing well.

@AmericanChineseFoodShow Год назад

Haha, who knew there's a 6 month and an 8 month sleep regression after the infamous 4 month one for babies. I am happy to report I have finally gotten used to only sleeping in chunks, and somehow feel like I have enough brain left to resume this channel. :) I will aim to do one episode every two weeks. Thanks for your kind words.

@norbertk9595 Год назад

It's great to see a new video from you! I hope to make it to Oroville some time.

@AmericanChineseFoodShow Год назад

I drove myself out there when I was pretty pregnant and stayed for the night. I am so glad I did it.

@norbertk9595 Год назад

@@AmericanChineseFoodShow Now that's dedication!

@MrIshaforster Год назад

Great vid!

@MyName-nx1jj 22 дня назад

I've been there. Great food! However, Chicago Cafe in Woodland, an hour and a half drive from Oroville, has been in continuous operation since 1903, making it the oldest Chinese restaurant in the US.

@AmericanChineseFoodShow 8 дней назад

Yes, I really should've avoided using claims like this. Chicago Cafe has operated since at least 1910, it's still not confirmed it's the oldest in the US, but it should be the oldest in California. You can read more from the UC Davis team that broke the story: www.ucdavis.edu/curiosity/news/chicago-cafe-is-oldest-chinese-restaurant-in-california

@collinhuey2090 2 месяца назад

Never been to Oroville but my dad invested all his money to start restaurants in San Rafael and Santa Rosa call the Great Wall in the sixties

@AmericanChineseFoodShow Месяц назад

Wow, what happened to it? Did you grow up helping out at the restaurant too?

@user-or1ic1jh2s 9 месяцев назад

i am 85 now, but I remember when I was 12 years old, sitting at the counter, eating my huge 45 cent plate of cop suey and chatting with Charlie as he smacked flies off the counter. "Damned flies" he would mutter. I remember eating in the original building on the hill above the present restaurant. I can't get good chop suey now unless I travel back to Oroville.

@AmericanChineseFoodShow 9 месяцев назад

Wow, thank you for such a beautiful story. It's always the people and the interactions that make these small family-owned restaurants so great. I think Oroville is beautiful.

@hultonclint 2 месяца назад

I went there. Nice place, good people! I had the chop suey, which was good and. by some standards, more Chinese-Chinese than anything else: Just fresh vegetable and a small amount of meat stir fried lightly. The rest of the food was disappointing.

@AmericanChineseFoodShow Месяц назад

Yes! I have that feeling too, they just kinda cooked the way they wanted to, but slap an American Chinese dish name on it.