Tim Ho Wan is a Chinese dimsum restaurant chain that originated in Hong Kong.
In 2009, Mak Kwai-pui, formerly a chef of three-Michelin-starred restaurant Lung King Heen, opened a 20-seater dim sum restaurant in Mongkok. Tim Ho Wan would eventually earn a Michelin star of its own in the 2010 Hong Kong and Macau Guide, a distinction which some have stated was a move in response to the criticism that the Michelin Guide was “elitist” and “out of touch with local tastes.” In 2015, its Sham Shui Po, North Point and Tai Kok Tsui branches had all received one Michelin star. Since then, the restaurant has been dubbed as “the world’s cheapest Michelin-star restaurant.”
Tim Ho Wan began expanding overseas in 2013, with the opening of its first international location in Singapore’s Plaza Singapura. It also expanded to the Philippines, Australia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.
