Restaurante Chino Central — Restaurant in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

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After living in suitcase for few weeks and tasting all the European food, my Asian stomach really misses Asian Cuisine especially when you are slightly under the weather. We specially ordered two bowls of Chinese soup and vegetables.

As we asked him where he was from, he is from Hong Kong. Learning that we were from Hong Kong as well, he shared some of the old photos with us. OMG!! That’s simply amazing, they were the photos with the internally - renowned director, Wong Kar Wai and Actor, Tony Leung! The famous Hong Kong movie was partially shot here!

As we scrolled through the photos, we felt the time slipped through our fingers! The then-young kid has become the chief chef here, the baby boy of the boss has grown into a handsome young man!

Mr. Wan （萬先生）said his family escaped from the 67 riot, the turbulent time in Hong Kong during 1967, and came here. Since then, they have been grounded here! He has both Argentinian passport and British Passport, but he could not return to china due to its strict closed-door COVID policy.

The food really cures my fidget stomach and the heart-warming stories of the restaurant makes me miss the Hong Kong if not entirely homesick!

The food is rather affordable and of authentic Chinese flavor (Approved by a Chinese Me ;P). We paid 10,000 pesos for 5 dishes! Come here for a visit and possibly dig further into the pass of the history.

因為不舒服， 旅友找了一間中國餐廳中央飯店 Restaurante Chino Central ，想不到找到《春光乍洩》梁朝偉戲中在Buenos Aires打工的餐廳。中央餐廳用的是繁體字，感覺特別親切，一談之下，老閣說他是香港人， 因為67暴動而來了布宜諾斯，一家人就在此落地生根了。 隨後，他忽然拿出一疊相給我們看，那是96年，《春光乍洩》拍攝隊伍在餐廳拍攝後跟店員拍的照，有王家衞，有杜可風，當然少不了梁朝偉。

老闆說，《春光乍洩》梁朝偉戲中在這家飯店打工，而張國榮則在市內的另一家酒吧打工。

老閣說，他有阿根廷護照，亦在早前申請了英國護照，可很多年都沒有回去過香港。 「可以回香港，回不了中國呀！」 他苦笑， 「有英國護照，可是不會講英文」，再帶點自嘲。可是他說一口流利的西班牙文（見他幫人落單）。

最後因為他要忙，他沒有跟我們再談下去，但他像是一個想說故事的人。可惜我們明天出席全日阿根廷聚餐，再乘早機去下一個目的地，所以沒有再約他。有機會來布宜諾斯，又有時間，可以找他談天找故事。

相中有王家衛、杜可風、梁朝偉。 當時餐廳的主廚，而當年的小伙子已成為現在的主廚。當時的娃娃少主，現已是小伙子。 The restaurant looks...

Maybe I came with high expectations based on the reviews I read. Went for lunch, “hot and sour” soup was OK, not great, not a lot of flavor. “Grilled pork dumplings” were pan fried not grilled and they were also OK, the dough was very thick and chewy, I doubt if they’re made in house. Then “Shrimp Toast” that I thought was a bit bizarre, a pile of light airy toasts that had no discernible shrimp flavor and looked like packing material from Amazon Not...

This place was surprisingly good! Better than a lot of Chinese food we have eaten in Los Angeles! We were looking for a break from the meats, and this place did not disappoint. We ordered the standard stuff - Rice, Noodles and Kung pao chicken, and all of them were quite flavorful and good. The Cubierta (cover charge) for each person is a little annoying, but that is something most restaurants in this part of the world charge, so won't hold it...