Okay this sent me down a rabbit hole…Johnny Quong…interesting story…started a number of restaurants in SLC…

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Sep 22, 2022
1:23:28am

RalphWiggam You wish I was your lover

Okay this sent me down a rabbit hole…Johnny Quong…interesting story…started a number of restaurants in SLC…

And he was apparently an avid BYU football fan! Love this guy! Bet he had some amazing stories.

Immigrated from China, ran away from home a lot…below is an article and an obituary. He passed away in 99.

I didn’t know any of these other restaurants…and i really Didn’t know King Quong except for one visit…but I wish I would have known it better.

The Salt Lake Tribune

Whatever happened to … Johnny Quong's The Hawaiian?

Editor's Note: In this weekly series, The Tribune explores the once-favorite places of Uta

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=1898275&itype=CMSID

Obituary: Johnny Quong

Johnny Quong, age 75, died on Sept. 19, 1999 at the Washoe Medical Center in Dayton, WA. Johnny was born on Oct. 10, 1923 in Canton, China. He was a former resident of Salt Lake City, UT having lived the last four years in Dayton. Owner of King Quong Restaurant in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as...

https://www.deseret.com/1999/9/22/19467010/obituary-johnny-quong?_amp=true

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I was just a young kid, but does anyone in Utah remember a King Kong Chinese

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/21/22 8:28pm

It was real & it was spectacular! does the Belgian waffle omelet in still exist?

DiamondMo

9/21/22 8:32pm

We ate at Belgium Waffle after our 20 yr reunion last year. That place is so bad

9/21/22 8:59pm

That place just reminds me of how things were before smoking bans. Good times.

DiamondMo

9/21/22 11:13pm

YES!! And I feel exactly like you do! I only went there once and it feels like it was some dreamlike oasis that just

RalphWiggam

9/21/22 8:33pm

Yes! yes! Yes! What happened to it? Wish there was some pictures of it online

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/21/22 8:54pm

Totally remember it!!!

9/21/22 8:40pm

We went there s lot

schofim

9/21/22 8:42pm

What was the name of it?

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/21/22 9:11pm

I think it was just King Kong Buffett

schofim

9/21/22 9:20pm

I think that is right…King Quong. I swear…for years I would ask my family about this plane and they would act like I

RalphWiggam

9/22/22 1:16am

This sounds cool. I grew up in Virginia. The only disappearing restaurant I can

My Fingers Hurt

9/21/22 8:45pm

My wife has told me about this place many times. She describes

9/21/22 9:08pm

Such a shame it’s no longer there

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/21/22 9:11pm

Okay this sent me down a rabbit hole…Johnny Quong…interesting story…started a number of restaurants in SLC…

RalphWiggam

9/22/22 1:23am

Wow, glad it did! Great find, thanks for sharing.

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/22/22 7:27am

Dang, those restaurants sound amazing. If they were still around, I'd take my family immediately. Sounds so fun.

BlueBlood94

9/22/22 8:10am

100% it was legit like a dream!

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/22/22 8:45am

Or something that you only see in movies.

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/22/22 8:45am

And I found this

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/22/22 7:43am

But I think this was his other restaurant. King Quong was the one I remember.

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/22/22 9:00am

I’d order one of those if they were available

RalphWiggam

9/22/22 2:03pm

Seriously

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/22/22 2:15pm

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