{"id":799,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/chongqing-24-hour-restaurant-earns-family-four-houses\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T15:55:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T07:55:27","slug":"chongqing-24-hour-restaurant-earns-family-four-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chongqing-24-hour-restaurant-earns-family-four-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Chongqing 24-Hour Restaurant Earns Family Four Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The Chongqing version of Midnight Diner is in a 24-hour restaurant located in a business center in the Southwestern Chinese city&#8217;s Yuzhong district. Over the past 11 years, the family-run shop has earned its boss four houses in Chongqing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 16px;\">The Chongqing version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs?nationId=36\">Midnight Diner<\/a> is in a 24-hour restaurant located in a business center in the Southwestern Chinese city&#8217;s Yuzhong district. Over the past 11 years, the family-run shop has earned its boss four houses in Chongqing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FvndDyk4yZ1QABaW636IxbF_8YVa?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chongqing-24-hour-restaurant-earns-family-four-houses\/#Jiang_Taos_mother_Wang_Yunxiang_blends_seasonings_for_noodles_Photo_VCG\" title=\"Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, blends seasonings for noodles. Photo: VCG\">Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, blends seasonings for noodles. Photo: VCG<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chongqing-24-hour-restaurant-earns-family-four-houses\/#Jiang_Taos_mother_Wang_Yunxiang_prepares_pickles_for_customers_Photo_VCG\" title=\"Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, prepares pickles for customers. Photo: VCG\">Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, prepares pickles for customers. Photo: VCG<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chongqing-24-hour-restaurant-earns-family-four-houses\/#Jiang_Taos_mother_Wang_Yunxiang_serves_customers_Photo_VCG\" title=\"Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, serves customers. Photo: VCG\">Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, serves customers. Photo: VCG<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chongqing-24-hour-restaurant-earns-family-four-houses\/#Spicy_poached_pork_the_specialty_dish_of_the_restaurant_Photo_VCG\" title=\"Spicy poached pork, the specialty dish of the restaurant. Photo: VCG\">Spicy poached pork, the specialty dish of the restaurant. Photo: VCG<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jiang_Taos_mother_Wang_Yunxiang_blends_seasonings_for_noodles_Photo_VCG\"><\/span>Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, blends seasonings for noodles. Photo: VCG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;In order to make more money, we opened the restaurant around the clock from the very beginning when we took over the business in 2007,&#8221; Jiang Tao told The Chongqing Morning Post. He is one of bosses and employees of the restaurant, whose name, &#8220;No Closing Time for Jiangyu(\u6c5f\u6e1d\u4e0d\u5173\u95e8)&#8221;, also indicates the restaurant&#8217;s distinguishing feature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Jiang, the idea of shutting down at night has never crossed his mind. &#8220;It is too hard to give up the booming business in the evening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FsxcOqz1SmtF9hx55oKJiWK2YiJN?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"4.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jiang_Taos_mother_Wang_Yunxiang_prepares_pickles_for_customers_Photo_VCG\"><\/span>Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, prepares pickles for customers. Photo: VCG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 16px;\">As one of favorite restaurants for Chongqing taxi drivers to grab something if they are hungry at night, its name has spread over the internet, &#8220;People like drivers and those who hang out at night order from about 11PM to 4AM the next day,&#8221; said Jiang, adding that night revenue is sometimes even better than it is during the daytime.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jiang_Taos_mother_Wang_Yunxiang_serves_customers_Photo_VCG\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkK024cMfrBg2nkk8exX0gO4HkG7?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"3.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\">Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, serves customers. Photo: VCG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FtuupC5zPJ86R_21EPe1xD-HrPLp?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"6.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\">Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, adds chopped green onion to noodles. Photo: VCG<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Apart from the delicious food, reasonable prices also help Jiang keep his regular customers. Spicy slices of poached pork, the specialty dish of Jiang&#8217;s father, cost 14 yuan ($2.15) per plate; and pickled peppers fried with shredded pork cost 13 yuan per dish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FuJ4q_HusLP2OsKGAVnb9KSfybmG?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"7.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\">Jiang Tao cooks in the kitchen. Photo: VCG<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spicy_poached_pork_the_specialty_dish_of_the_restaurant_Photo_VCG\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fi8p661Z-4fk1Gb7FuapZ0jHamIA?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\">Spicy poached pork, the specialty dish of the restaurant. Photo: VCG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>About 7 pm every day, Jiang Tao starts to run his Midnight Diner while his parents and wife go back home. In looking torward the future, he hopes things will continue get better and better.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FpBhy4u5JDkDTe0MnlbljSs-Yz7P?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"5.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\">Jiang Tao&#8217;s mother, Wang Yunxiang, and a man delivering ingredients exit the kitchen. 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