|
Home>News Center>Sports | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Yao Ming's parents open restaurant in Houston Yao's parents are opening the Yao Restaurant and Bar on the west side of Houston, about three miles from the city's thriving Chinatown.
The one and a half million dollar venture combines Chinese food with a sports bar. It's owned by Yao's father Yao Zhiyuan and mother Fang Fengdi. They're both former members of China's national teams. The restaurant employs a chef, but it will feature some of his mother's home-cooked specialties, including Yao's favorite -- chicken soup with shiitake mushrooms. Yao, 24, is a native of Shanghai, eastern China. He's in his third season with the Houston Rockets. The All-Star center is not directly involved with the restaurant, but his parents did include special accommodations for his 7-foot-6 frame. Chairs in a special VIP room are built to fit NBA players and the doors are ten feet high so tall customers won't have to duck.
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
