Nelson Wang

Nelson Wang is an Indian restaurateur of Chinese descent and the founder of China Garden, a restaurant, in Mumbai's Kemps Corner neighborhood. Various sources credit him with the invention of the popular Indian/Chinese dish "Chicken Manchurian". Wang was born in Kolkata, India in 1950. He moved to Mumbai in the early 1970s and started working as a cook at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI). In 1983, he branched out from his job at the CCI to start his own restaurant, China Garden. China Garden quickly became popular, and Wang is credited with inventing or popularizing a number of other Indian Chinese dishes, including Creamy Corn Cream, Chicken Lollipops, Date Pancakes and Hot and Sour Soup. He and his sons Henry and Eddie would go on to open several restaurants in various parts of India, including Mumbai, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune and Goa. It is available in Nepal also in Kathmandu.