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December 18, 2007
Ma Yu CHing's Bucket CHicken House
I like history. I like Chinese food. And I like Chicken. So imagine my delight today while reading the book Ancient Inventions (casting a net for stories for my next book) I read about Ma You Ching's Bucket Chicken House, supposedly the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the world. It allegedly opened for business in the year 1153 in the Chinese city of Kaifeng, and has never closed since.
Now I am using words like "supposedly" and "allegedly" because a quick search of the net turned up a Wikipedia entry which suggested that there is a lack of solid evidence backing up this claim. The book cites several sources, and everybody seems to agree that there have indeed been restaurants open in this time since the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1279) so it seems very possible.
Posted by rickbeyer at December 18, 2007 05:15 PM
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