China Chen

After the Fall of Saigon in 1975, droves of people from Vietnam fled the country and endured severe hardships in order to escape the new communist government. Two of the people from this mass exodus were Jong Kwok and Lee An-Bo Kwok, who fled Vietnam in 1978 and eventually settled in San Jose, California. Both were originally from Ch Ln, the Chinese district in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). With no college education and only a Vietnamese high school diploma, Jong and Lee opened China Chen Restaurant in 1983 when San Joses Vietnamese community was still in its infancy. Vietnamese restaurants in San Jose were few and far between in the early 1980s, so China Chen was one of the first restaurants in San Jose to serve customers the popular shrimp wonton egg noodles (m si co) and fried flour cake (bnh bt chin). Hello, Im Huy Quach. I help manage and run China Chen restaurant in Downtown San Jose. Here at China Chen, we pride ourselves in serving quality food that tastes amazing. As such, we place a high priority on customer satisfaction and want every visit to be a memorable one. Enjoy your visit here and feel free to leave any feedback or suggestions in our contact section. Favorite Dish: Combination thick egg noodles served dry, add shrimp wontons, a fried flour cake and a Vietnamese iced coffee. Favorite Food (non-China Chen): Burritos, definitely burritos.