Jackson Free Press

Geoffrey Mo, together with his parents, Kathy and David Mo, held a grand opening for their new family-owned Chinese restaurant—Hong Kong Tea House (4924 Interstate 55 N., Suite 105)—Saturday, Dec. 5. The restaurant had its soft opening Nov. 19.

Hong Kong Tea House serves three different categories of Chinese dishes: the type of standard Chinese food many Americans are likely familiar with, such as fried rice and various pork or seafood dishes; sushi; and a type of Chinese cooking called dim sum.

Dim sum is a style of cooking that involves serving a wide variety of steamed or baked dishes that multiple diners share communally on a revolving table. The Mos' dim sum master, chef Siu Cheong Ho, has 26 years of experience cooking dim sum in San Francisco's Chinatown. Among the items available to share are steamed chicken or shrimp dumplings, egg rolls, baked barbecue pork buns and rice rolls filled with beef, shrimp or pork.

Hong Kong Tea House's sushi chef, Yong Sheng Zhu—who goes by the name "Chef Hugo"—spent 10 years working at a restaurant called Nana Sushi in Manhattan. At Hong Kong Tea House, customers can choose from a variety of hand-rolled sushi, nagiri or sashimi sushi.

David and Kathy previously owned and operated another restaurant of their own, South China Restaurant in Natchez, for 26 years. They moved to Jackson in August 2015, where Geoffrey has been living since he moved to attend Millsaps College in 2005, to open the restaurant.

Hong Kong Tea House is open 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 601-368-8623 or email [email protected].

Mississippi Super Lawyers

Jones Walker LLP recently announced that 16 attorneys from the firm's Mississippi offices have been recognized in the 2015 edition of Super Lawyers Magazine, and six attorneys were named to Super Lawyers' 2015 Rising Stars list.

Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a research-driven, peer-influenced rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. The service aims to bring visibility to attorneys who exhibit excellence in their practice.

The Jones Walker attorneys in Mississippi named to the 2015 Super Lawyers list are:

Joseph L. "JoJo" Adams, Employment and Labor 


Jeffrey R. Barber, Bankruptcy: Business 


George F. "Pete" Bloss III, PI Medical Malpractice: Defense 


Neville H. Boschert, Business Litigation


S. Trent Favre, General Litigation


Chad J. Hammons, Creditor Debtor Rights


Mark D. Herbert, Construction Litigation


Kristina M. Johnson, Bankruptcy: Business


Henry F. Laird, Jr., Business Litigation 


Craig N. Landrum, Banking


Keith R. Raulston, Business Litigation 


W. Whitaker "Whit" Rayner, IP


Thomas B. "Tommy" Shepherd, III, Gaming


Adam Stone, Construction Litigation


Jim B. Tohill, Real Estate 


Randall B. Wall, Government Finance 


The six attorneys named to the 2015 Rising Stars list are:

Lindsay Thomas Dowdle, Employment and Labor


J. Andrew "Andy" Gipson, Business/ Corporate


Susan Floyd King, Environmental


Christopher S. Pace, Business/Corporate


Kaytie M. Pickett, Business Litigation


Sabrina B. Ruffin, Business Litigation