In 1975, Chifa was opened by a Chinese woman who emigrated from Hong Kong to Lima, Peru with her family. Wendy Leon, better known as @popowendy, started Chifa restaurant by bringing Cantonese cuisine to a ripe Peruvian customer. Wendy’s husband, Ricardo Jose Leon was Chinese Peruvian and his large Peruvian family base helped settle the young Leon family into Lima. Through her time in Lima, Wendy not only introduced people to her style of Cantonese food, she also learned how to cook Peruvian food from Ricardo’s “familia”.Over four decades later, Chifa will reopen in Eagle Rock, California, a place familiar to the Leon family. “We grew up in Highland Park, which is adjacent to Eagle Rock, from mid 70s to mid 80s so it is exciting to come back to our neighborhood and to introduce our family’s cuisine” says Co- Founder Humberto Leon .
