Nelson Wang | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 黃玉堂 | ||||||
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Nelson Wang (born 1950) is an Indian restaurateur of Chinese descent and the founder of China Garden,a restaurant,in Mumbai's Kemps Corner neighborhood. [2] [3] Various sources credit him with the invention of the popular Indian/Chinese dish "Chicken Manchurian". [4]
Wang was born in Kolkata. [5] He is the son of a Chinese immigrant. [3] However,within a few days of his birth,his father died,and he was sent to live with a foster family by his mother. His foster father was a chef,to whom Wang attributes his own love of cooking. [2]
Wang came to Mumbai in 1974,with just ₹27 in his pocket. [6] His first job there was in a small restaurant in Colaba. [5] He also worked a variety of other odd jobs,including being a limbo dancer,at which he claims to be skilled. [3] According to Wang himself,he was a cook at the Cricket Club of India,when in 1975,a customer asked him to create a new dish,different from what was available on the menu. [3] He started by taking the basic ingredients of an Indian dish,namely chopped garlic,ginger,and green chilis;but next,instead of adding garam masala ,he put in soy sauce instead,followed by cornstarch and the chicken itself. The result was Chicken Manchurian. [7]
Wang branched out from his job at the CCI in 1983 to start his own restaurant. [6] His restaurant gained popularity,and won various awards proclaiming it "India's best restaurant". [5] Wang and China Garden have also been credited with inventing or popularizing a number of other Indian Chinese dishes,including Creamy Corn Cream,Chicken Lollipops,Date Pancakes and Hot and Sour Soup. [8] He and his sons Henry and Eddie would go on to open several restaurants in various parts of India,including Mumbai,Delhi,Gurugram,Hyderabad,Bangalore,Pune and Goa. It is available in Nepal also in Kathmandu. [3]
The restaurant encountered trouble in 1999,when a court ordered him to close it for violating Coastal Regulation Zone rules about building floor area,in a case that took more than fourteen years. A Rediff columnist criticised the ruling as making "no sense". [5] [9] He reopened the restaurant at the Crossroads Mall in August 2000. [10]
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