"Beloved Chinese restaurant Hollywood East Cafe closed in Wheaton last summer after nearly three decades. Now, Timothy Yu, whose family ran the restaurant, is carrying on part of its legacy with Canton Disco, an all-day Cantonese-inspired restaurant in Navy Yard in collaboration with Side Door Pizza 0wner Brian Schram and Maxwell Park owner Brent Kroll. It's slated to open for dinner on Wednesday, February 18, just in time for the Lunar New Year, with daytime hours coming later this spring."
"Yu's menu is very much his own, but he will be incorporating some family recipes such as the XO sauce in typhoon shelter shrimp. He'll also use his family's char siu marinade, but his version of the barbecued pork dish is finished on a binchotan charcoal grill with a maltose glaze. "Maltose is basically like a honey without the sweetness. It'll bring a lot of the crisp flavors without adding extra sweetness," Yu explains."
"Other classics are also upgraded: beef chow fun uses freshly rolled rice noodles and New York strip, and golden fried rice with Chinese sausage and shrimp is mixed with egg yolk for extra umami. Another section of the menu is also devoted to Cantonese barbecue, including a Canton duck set. Yu plans to bathe the bird in duck fat and roast it on a French rotisserie."
Timothy Yu, whose family ran Hollywood East Cafe, is opening Canton Disco, an all-day Cantonese-inspired restaurant in Navy Yard in collaboration with Brian Schram and Brent Kroll. The restaurant will open for dinner on Wednesday, February 18, with daytime hours beginning later in spring. Schram and Yu met early in the Covid period while coordinating mutual business support and stayed in contact after Hollywood East closed last August. Yu hosted pop-ups at Rice Market prior to partnering on the new restaurant. The menu blends original dishes with family recipes like XO sauce and char siu finished on binchotan, plus upgraded classics and a Canton duck set.
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