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...Lots of students come here and hang out for a long time," Liu says...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pu Pu Passes up Flashier Restaurants by Pleasing the Palate | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...doesn't make the Mongolian hot pot because the restaurant is simply too small, Liu says. And she adds that the Pu Pu gets some customers who mistakenly think the restaurant carries the dish, given that restaurant's name contains the phrase...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pu Pu Passes up Flashier Restaurants by Pleasing the Palate | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...According to Liu, the customer base is a "pretty typical" mixture of Chinese and non-Chinese, made up mostly of young people. She says the dining room is packed during the day with the Central Square lunch crowd, and at night the students and locals begin to filter...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pu Pu Passes up Flashier Restaurants by Pleasing the Palate | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...that nagging name question, Liu tells me the phrase "pu pu" in Chinese means "cute little treasure," and is often used, for example, as a diminutive term for babies. So "Pu Pu Hot Pot" means "cute little treasure...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pu Pu Passes up Flashier Restaurants by Pleasing the Palate | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...Finding out just what motivated the Chens to adopt their unique name proves difficult. Liu explains that the restaurant's Chinese name, printed underneath the English letters on the sign, means "Number...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pu Pu Passes up Flashier Restaurants by Pleasing the Palate | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

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