# Humorous ethnic restaurant names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478 "2003-08-20T16:52:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/1 "2003-08-20T16:52:43Z")
In downtown San Jose, there is a Vietnamese restaurant named Duc Phuc (probably pronounced “dook fook”, for all I know). Also a Chinese restaurant named Tru Chow. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/2 "2003-08-20T16:55:33Z")
Here there’s a Chinese place called the “Fish Shrimp House”. That’s it. Just the “Fish Shrimp House”. Always cracks me up. Seems they’re a little short on creativity! ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/3 "2003-08-20T17:19:02Z")
My friend and I always wondered if there was a restaurant called the “Pho King”… I did a search Google,and it looks like there are plenty! Hee hee. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/4 "2003-08-20T17:26:39Z")
The nicest Japanese restaurant in Boston is named Fugakyu. [http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/food/99/01/14/FUGAKYU.html](http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/food/99/01/14/FUGAKYU.html) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/5 "2003-08-20T17:36:13Z")
There was once a Chinese place in Kenner, LA (suburb of New Orleans) named Kung Food. It’s still there, but has undergone several name changes in the intervening decade. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/6 "2003-08-20T17:48:52Z")
We have the Happy All Chinese Restaurant, as well as the Ha Ha. I guess you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/7 "2003-08-20T17:57:16Z")
There’s a Japanese restaurant in Nashville named the Kitsune. A “kitsune” is a Japanese bad-luck fox spirit. Why they’d name it _that_…? It’s like calling a fast-food stand “Bad Luck Burgers” or “Walk Under A Ladder Pizza”. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/8 "2003-08-20T18:09:03Z")
In Haifa, Israel there is a cafe called GLOP. I have a photo of it. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/9 "2003-08-20T18:41:06Z")
I used to work at a Kosher Chinese restaurant called “Mit Su Yun”. (Sounds like a Chinese word, but is actually Hebrew for “Excellent”.) ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/10 "2003-08-20T19:33:36Z")
I was alerted to a resturaunt in Conneticut sometime back that had to change it’s name. It used to be known as [C-O-Jones](http://www.c-o-jones.com/Food.htm) and served Mexican food. Once the city figured out what the sign said (cojones), they were talked into changing it to “The Mexican Resturaunt” ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/11 "2003-08-20T19:41:03Z")
On Route 4 in Elmwood Park, NJ there is (as far as I know, it’s been about 5 years since I’ve been there) a Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet style restaurant called The Pu Pu Platter. Obviously the “butt” of many jokes. _rimshot_ ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/12 "2003-08-20T19:48:24Z")
A few blocks from where I work is the “Cat and Cleaver” restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/13 "2003-08-20T19:58:59Z")
In Chinatown here there is “Hung Phat” _teehee_ ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/14 "2003-08-20T20:36:20Z")
There used to be a Chinese restaurant here named “U82 Much.” There’s a Turkish restaurant nearby whose name is “Aquarium.” Not so much an amusing name, but I always found it rather unsavory. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/15 "2003-08-20T20:36:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > There’s a Japanese restaurant in Nashville named the Kitsune. > > A “kitsune” is a Japanese bad-luck fox spirit. > > Why they’d name it _that_…? I thought _kitsune_ just means “fox,” with no connotation of good or bad fortune…? Now, a Japanese restaurant named _oni_ (ghost), **that** I’d avoid. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/16 "2003-08-20T21:14:30Z")
Another one: I was in New York last year, and I saw this Mexican/Soul Food place caled **Nacho Mama’s**. Highlight of my trip… ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/17 "2003-08-20T21:31:51Z")
My favorite closed years ago, but it was a Kosher Mexican place in CHicago called “Casa Hadassah.” ---
**Author:** ![KittyCat444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@KittyCat444](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittyCat444)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/18 "2003-08-20T21:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by soulmurk \* > \*\*On Route 4 in Elmwood Park, NJ there is (as far as I know, it’s been about 5 years since I’ve been there) a Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet style restaurant called The Pu Pu Platter. > > Obviously the “butt” of many jokes. > > _rimshot_ \*\* In Cambridge, MA, we also have this place called “Pu Pu Hot Pot”. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/19 "2003-08-20T21:53:53Z")
There’s a Chinese restaurant in town called Kung Food. And I have a picture of a beer joint called “El Punto G”, Spanish for “The G Spot”. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478/20 "2003-08-20T22:10:40Z")
I’m not sure how big the chain is, but in the Louisville, KY area, we have a Chinese chain called “You-A Carry Out-A.” Big laughs abound at the name of the place. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-ethnic-restaurant-names/196478.md?page=2)