Results tagged “Wing Yip” from Birmingham Mail - Restaurant Spy

One of Birmingham's unsung foodie heroes is a man whose name must be recognised by thousands of people.

Wing Yip is a remarkable figure - arriving in this country from China when he was a young man and working as a glass-washer in a restaurant before launching his own retail business.

Today it is a massive enterprise with large Oriental supermarkets around the country and its own range of ready-made sauces and other products that have found their way on to the shelves of mainstream shops.

The flagship store is right here in Birmingham, where Wing Yip still lives with his family.

The year of the rat - which doesn't actually scurry to life until next week - arrived early at the reliable Wing Wah restaurant in Nechells, where Wing Yip, charming owner of the Oriental food chain that bears his name, held his annual Chinese New Year lunch.
He and his sons hosted a fabulous meal for representatives of this area's media. Excellent dim sum was followed by a various main courses, best of which was a whole flatfish served with a tangy mango sauce. Beats the usual sandwich that I eat at my computer screen before dashing out to the bookies.
I've lunched out twice this week now. It's something I could get used to...once I get a pair of trousers with an elasticated waistband.