China Village

About the Business

Specialties

Szechuan Cuisine

History

Established in 2002.

Executive Chef and Owner, John Yao, has not gone anywhere and is still preparing the food you have enjoyed so much. Recent rumors has been saying that the China Village Executive Chef has changed restaurants. Rumors are Rumors, so too enjoy John's cooking, China Village is the only place it's available. Ask to meet John the next time you come in.

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

yuyun W.

Business Owner

Chef John Yao has over 39 years of experience cooking Chinese cuisine. He is easily considered to be one of the top Szechuan chefs in the Bay Area. He has owned and operated four restaurants in Albany and Belmont, California. Chef John mastered Mandarin and Cantonese cuisines early on in his career. However, over time, his passion turned to the fiery chilis and spices of Szechuan cuisine, a style that he learned predominantly from the world renowned Master Chef and Culinary Teacher Zhongyi Liu. Chef John managed to coax Liu from the Grand Hotel in Beijing over a decade ago to assist him in re-launching his restaurant concept in Albany, California. Together they shared ideas and techniques and the outcome was a Szechuan inspired menu, prepared with time-honored technique using hand selected spices and chilis roasted in-house.