Sum Leung Chinese Kitchen

Specialties

We specialize in home-​style Chinese and local immigrant Asian foods that you won’t find elsewhere. Our crispy cake noodles, lemon chicken, Pork adobo, kau yuk, cascaron, salted duck eggs, choi-​sum are for our local favorites for our long-​time regular customers. We also roast our own Chinese BBQ meats — char sui, crispy roast pork, chicken and crispy roast duck too!

History

Established in 1978.

We are a family-​owned and operated Chinese plate-​lunch joint. Our late father, Sum Leung, and our mom, Shun Nuen, opened this place together even though they barely spoke English. That’s why there is no apostrophe «s» behind Sum Leung and we have kept it that way to remind us of our wonderful pidgin English heritage.

They opened this little place over 33 years ago to make a better life for their family and to provide jobs for the many friends and family that moved came from China. Many of these folks have opened up their own places now and have Mrs. Leung to thank for her mentorship.

Look out for Mrs. Leung at the Hilo farmer’s market, she’s always there really early in the morning to pick the best local veggies for her delicious recipes.

Meet the Business Owner

Da Leung Family X.

Business Owner

Mrs. Leung is the heart and soul of this place. She still barely writes or reads English, so her adult kids still help her out from afar. So any postings here on Yelp are from the Leung clan. Tim, our awesome hard-​working cook of a brother, lets our mom believe that even though she’s in her mid 70’s, she still runs the show but he truly does the heavy lifting and is a great chef to boot. Our dad, Sum Leung passed away only a couple years after we opened. Mrs. Leung and the kids worked after school and on weekends. We all have amazing work ethics from that time. You still see Mrs. Leung’s grandchildren helping out at the restaurant. It’s the way our family bonds.