Hong Kong Bids Farewell To Jumbo Kingdom The Largest Floating Restaurant In The World
At about 260 feet, the colossal three-story Jumbo Floating Restaurant was famous for its giant green and red neon sign that read “foon ying gwong lam” in Chinese for “welcome”. At its peak, it was part of the largest floating restaurant in the world. For almost half a century, it was the main vessel of the Jumbo Kingdom, which also included the largest and smallest sister restaurant of the Tai Pak restaurant (dating from 1952), a barge for seafood tanks, a 130-foot-long kitchen vessel and eight small ferries to transport visitors from two nearby piers....