Ma Yu Ching's Bucket Chicken House (Chinese: 马豫兴桶子鸡; pinyin: Mǎ Yùxīng Tǒngzi Jī), located in Kaifeng, China, is by some accounts the world's oldest restaurant, although the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes Cafe Botin in Spain as the oldest eatery in the world. It opened for business during the Jin Dynasty in AD 1153. Having survived numerous wars, invasions, and dynasty changes, as of May 2012, the business is still serving noodles, rice and roast chicken.
It is known that restaurants existed in Kaifeng before 1153, since there is documentation of them during the Northern era (960–1127) of the Song Dynasty.
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