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Rejuvenated Jul 23, 2007 10:38 am

Big Mouth Kee - Richmond Hill (Toronto suburb)

Showbizguru Jul 23, 2007 2:23 pm

There was a Chinese restaurant I used to frequent in East London which went by the name of Fook Yeu.
They opened up a second restaurant nearby called ...you've guessed it .. Fook Yeu 2.

Rejuvenated Jul 23, 2007 2:41 pm

There is one near SFO with a similar name called Fook Yuen.

ECOTONE Jul 23, 2007 3:07 pm

A favorite from the Cheltenham section of North Philadelphia is:

Sid Bunker's Shrimp Mobile.

Trust me, never get a meal from a shrimp "restaurant" that drives around in a beat up 1975 UPS stlye delivery truck.

3timesalady Jul 23, 2007 10:08 pm

on that crustacean note... me, my sister, and our friend used to pass by some ghetto looking dive called Miley & Miley's Shrimp Shack, in a ghetto-ish part of Detroit on the way to/ from the clubs. My sister and I always thought that that was a rather unappetizing name for a restaurant, but our friend would BEG to get some shrimp to-go every time she saw it. Goes to show that there is no accounting for taste. ;)

kaukau Aug 16, 2007 10:19 am


Originally Posted by Watchful (Post 2810591)
I did a double take when I saw the sign for this Chinese place in Honolulu (not far from the U of Hawaii)...

Fook Yuen

Fook Yuen Seafood!! It's on the corner of McCully and King, or maybe McCully and Beretania, IIRC.

warheel Aug 21, 2007 2:36 pm

The un-PC named "Chink's Bar & Restaurant" in Cannes, France.
"Troll's Bar" in Chapel Hill, NC

lledger Jun 20, 2010 1:55 am

Hang Lee Wok, a chinese food kiosk at a local mall. Who is Lee Wok, and why do we need to hang him?

yosithezet Jun 20, 2010 3:46 am


Originally Posted by lledger (Post 14163835)
Hang Lee Wok, a chinese food kiosk at a local mall. Who is Lee Wok, and why do we need to hang him?

Welcome to FlyerTalk lledger!

ILuvParis Jun 20, 2010 9:06 am

My π Pizza

Gardyloo Jun 20, 2010 9:35 am

A restaurant called Pancho's has been a landmark in the El Porto neighborhood of Manhattan Beach CA for 50+ years. The walls used to have murals of Mexican bandits doing bandit things to Mexican peasants.

Chinese restaurant.

ajnz Jun 20, 2010 9:39 am

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry9000/4.6.0.282 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/141)

Some off the top of my head:
The White Lady, Auckland NZ - trailer serving greasy fastfood to drunken people late at night in the Auckland CBD. Always good after a hard night out.
Wholly Bagels, Wellington NZ
Hell Pizza, NZ
Green Parrot Cafe, Wellington NZ
Rumdoodles, Kathmandu Nepal
Flying Burrito Brothers, Wellington NZ
Soot Bull Jeep, Los Angeles CA
Dirty Dick's, London UK
The Lucky Shag, Perth Australia

Not restaurants:
Wanko, Singapore
Dickens Cider

SFflyer123 Jun 20, 2010 9:45 am

In Rome
 
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ajnz Jun 20, 2010 10:11 am

A couple others that came to my mind on the way home:

Taco Bill, Melbourne Australia
QQ Rice, Wellington NZ
Dogs Bollix, Auckland NZ
Big Mama's, Melbourne Australia
Kimchi Grandma, Melbourne Australia
Espressoholic, Wellington NZ (sadly, gone)
Fidel's Cafe, Wellington NZ
Mojo Coffee, Wellington NZ

Not a restaurant:
Liquor.com, Auckland NZ. A liquor store that has nothing to do with the domain name what so ever...

Countless other funny ones around Asia Pacific, but none that are really sticking in my mind, although I am always a fan of "AJ Internet and Supermart" in Singapore.

Emeraldcity Jun 20, 2010 9:41 pm

The real name of this restaurant is The Mad Greek in Vancouver, BC. However, the "R" in the neon was out, so it was The Mad Geek....... I know doesn't really count, but it did make me do a double take.

Oh...... The Village Idiot Pub in Toronto.


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