Trendy Glasgow restaurant eyes Edinburgh expansion
Combining Cantonese, Hunan and Sichuan influences, it has since served more than 34,000 portions of egg fried rice, poured more than 20,000 pints of Hong Ba lager, and shaken thousands of Lychee and Oolong Martinis, the venue's most popular cocktail.
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After 12 months of operation, the brand is looking to expand to Edinburgh.
Paul Sloan, co-founder of Hunky Dory Dining Group, said: 'A restaurant like Zhima belongs in major cities. Edinburgh is definitely on our radar, and we can see it happening in the not so distant future.
'What we've proven here is that the appetite exists for this kind of elevated, late-night Chinese dining. We set out to create something special, and when you see how hard it is to get a booking most nights, you know it's struck a chord. That's the kind of excitement we want to build on.'
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