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Sum Yung Gai is a Chinese restaurant on the corner of Inchon Avenue and Huntington Street in Cerveza Heights, Dukes, Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Description[]

The restaurant is owned by one of the Triad bosses, Wu "Kenny" Lee, Huang Lee's uncle. In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the restaurant is the starting point of Kenny's missions during the beginning of the game's story. The restaurant is also a possible destination for the Taxi Driver side-mission in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

The restaurant is unique for having a giant bowl sculpture on its roof with a body armor pickup inside it. The business name appears on some Pony vans in GTA IV.

A sticker of the restaurant's logo was included with other stickers of Huang, Ling, the Burger Shot logo and the Rockstar Games logo if GTA Chinatown Wars was pre-ordered (Australia and New Zealand).

Inspiration[]

Sum Yung Gai's building design is based on the defunct real-life Chao Zhou Restaurant at 40-52 Main Street, in Flushing, Queens, which is most notable for its signature red bowl and chopstick sculpture on its roof; the restaurant is based in the first floor, while the second floor is occupied by a karaoke "KTV MONSTER" lounge (The "MEN STORE" sign on the building in-game is derivative of the "MONSTER" sign of the real-life karaoke lounge).

Mission Appearances[]

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • The name 'Sum Yung Gai' is believed to be a poorly translated Cantonese for 'Three Cup Chicken' (三Sam 杯Bui 雞Gai) which became 'Three Drink Chicken' (三Sam 飲Yum 雞Gai). The poor translation is likely done with intention so as to add a sense of humour for the particular emerging parody in order to make more sense. It could also be a reference to the Thai dish 'Tom Yum Gai'.
  • As its name implies, Sum Yung Gai is a phonym of 'Some Young Guy' or 'Some Young Gay'.
    • This could also be a reference to a joke from the movie Wayne's World (1992).
    • The pictogram looks a lot like either a breast lactating milk or a penis ejaculating. This would fit perfectly with Rockstar's humor.
  • The chopsticks and bowl sculpture on the Chao Zhou Restaurant is considered smaller than the sculpture on the Sum Yung Gai.
  • If maneuvered correctly with a vehicle on the subway track, the player can get a car into the bowl without it falling out.
  • There is a Sum Yung Gai minigame on Rockstar Games Social Club called Peking Duck Hunt.
  • The Peking Duck Hunt mini-game is a reference to two things. The first is Peking Duck, a local delicacy of Beijing China in which a fattened duck is roasted, cut and sliced up, and usually eaten by rolling it in a flour pancake and smothered with spring onions and a sweetened sauce ala a burrito. The second is the game Duck Hunt, the original light gun game from Nintendo.

Navigation[]

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[ ve ]Restaurants and bars in the HD Universe
Fast Food and Diners
Liberty City60 Diner | 69th Street Diner | Bite! | Burger Shot | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Cluckin' Bell | Creek Street Diner | Ruby's Southern Soul Food | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts | S & D Diner | Wigwam Burger
AlderneyBite! | Burger Shot | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Cluckin' Bell | Diner Bar Cocktails | Skyway Diner | Wigwam Burger
Los SantosBeefy Bill's Burger Bar | Bishop's Chicken | Bite! | Burger Shot | Casey's Diner | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Clappers | Cluckin' Bell | Gyro Day Hot Food | Horny's Burgers | La Vaca Loca | Lagoon's Diner | Last Train in Los Santos | Lucky Plucker | Pebble Dash Pizza | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts | Slice 'N' Dice Pizzeria | Snr. Buns | Spitroasters Meathouse | Surfries Diner | Taco Bomb | The Taco Farmer | Taco Libre | Up-n-Atom Burger | Wigwam Burger
Los Santos
County
Chihuahua Hotdogs | Mom's Pie Diner
Blaine CountyBayview Lodge | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Famous Hamburgers | Rex's Diner | The Taco Farmer | Up-n-Atom Burger |
Bolt Burgers*
Traditional Restaurants
Liberty CityAl Dente's | Alazone's Italian Food | Ali Mac's Bistro | Big Wang Restaurant | Da Cruz Restaurant & Deli | Drusilla's | Fanny Crab's | The Flaming Fez | Fudz's Delicatessen | Gelateria Pasta Liquor Pizza | Gozushi! | Gulag Garden | Little Gorbachefs |Out of Towners | Pizza This... | Poop Deck | Squid Row | Sum Yung Gai | S'wish Pizza | Viendemorte | Vinewood Bar & Grill
AlderneyFanny Crab's | Gozushi! | Mr. Fuk's Rice Box | Nonna Pina's | Pizza This... | Squid Row
Los Santos24-Hour Chinese Restaurant | Al Dente's | Attack-a-Taco | Beachwalk Bistro | Del Perro Restaurant Plaza | The Fish Net | Haute | Hearty Taco | Jazz Desserts | La Spada | Les Bianco | Las Cuadras | Noodle Exchange | Nutsaki | Out of Towners | Pipeline Inn | Pizza This... | S. Ho Korean Noodle House | Sharkies Bites | Singleton's | The Split Kipper | Viendemorte | Vinewood Bar & Grill | Wok It Off
Cafes
Liberty City8-Ball Cafe Bar | Bean Machine | Homebrew Café | Superstar Café | TW@ | Wilberts' Coffee and Tea
AlderneyGreasy Joe's Café*
Los SantosBean Machine | Café Austère | Café Redemption | Cafe Vespucci | Coconut Café | Cool Beans | Crucial Fix | Dune-O's Beach Café | Ground & Pound Café | Hit 'n' Run Coffee | Hwan Café | Java Update Coffeeshop | Little Teapot | TW@
Blaine CountySkyview Pala Springs Cafébar
Tarbrush Café*
Bars
Liberty City8-Ball Cafe Bar | Comrades Bar | Donnies Bar | Homebrew Café | Jerkov's | Lucky Winkles | Ming Inn | Out of Towners | Steinway Beer Garden | The Bay Bar
AlderneyDiner Bar Cocktails | Leprechaun's Winklepicker
Los SantosHi-Men | Pitchers | Las Cuadras | Limey's Juice and Smoothies | Mirror Park Tavern | Out of Towners | Pipeline Inn | Shenanigan's Bar | Singleton's | The Lost MC Clubhouse | The Lust Resort
Blaine CountyThe Hen House | Hookies | Mojito Inn | Skyview Pala Springs Cafébar | The Bay Bar | Yellow Jack Inn
Crocs Bar*
* denotes the restaurant or bar has no physical appearances in the HD Universe

** denotes the restaurant or bar is accessible to the player in at least one of its appearances


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