Post #354571 by KikiTiki on Sat, Jan 12, 2008 9:54 PM

Sad news about King Yum- the 87 year old owner, Jimmy Eng passed away on
New Year's Eve. The funeral is Sunday, January 14.

We will have to drink a toast to him on our journey there next Friday Jan. 18
and hope his surviving family keeps the restaurant running into the future.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyeng075529046jan07,0,5658033.story

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/01/king_yum_patriarch_jimmy_eng_dies_at_87.html