Mak's Noodle

imioi

Mak Huanchi is renowned as the godfather of Hong Kong wonton noodles, starting his business in Guangzhou in the 1920s. At its peak, he had eight stores in Guangzhou alone, maintaining business even during Japanese air raids and blackouts, thanks to the patronage of influential figures of the time. Mak is famous for inventing 'egg noodles,' a process that involves mixing duck eggs, chicken eggs, and flour without water, then kneading the dough on bamboo. He is also credited with standardizing the number of wontons in a bowl to four. In 1945, the Mak family moved to Hong Kong, where Mak An, his eldest son, founded Mak's Noodle based on his father's techniques. Meanwhile, Mak Huanchi's apprentice, Ho Chi Hong, opened 'Ho Hong Kee' in 1946 in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, and Mak Huanchi's brother-in-law, Mak Keng Man, established 'Mak Man Kee'.