Circhester
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Circhester Gym - Galar Gym #6Sw
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Circhester Gym - Galar Gym #6Sh
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Location  Location of Circhester in Galar. | ||||||||
Circhester (Japanese: キルクスタウン Circus Town) is a large town situated in a cold, mountainous part of the northeastern Galar region. The town is accessible by land via Route 8 and Route 9, both to the south. The city has three main north-south avenues and three oriented from east to west, all of which are paved with stone.
Circhester's buildings are all constructed out of stone bricks and feature old-fashioned designs. A large hot spring runs underneath the city and surfaces at various locations including a pond in the middle of a large roundabout in the south, and in the ancient Hero's Bath structure in the city center. Due to the cold climate, Circhester experiences perpetual snowfall. Piles of snow are found on the pavement, roofs and trees, and several Ice-type Pokémon can be seen around the city.
Gordie serves as Circhester's Gym Leader in Pokémon Sword, and specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. In Pokémon Shield, the Ice-type specialist Melony is the Gym Leader instead.
Slogan
Buildings from an age long gone still stand about the steaming hot spring that covers the town. (Japanese: 古い 建物が 立ち並ぶ 温泉町 A hot springs town lined with old buildings.)
Demographics
Circhester comprises a Pokémon Center, Circhester Stadium, the Hero's Bath, Hotel Ionia, a boutique, a hair salon, a steak restaurant named Bob's Your Uncle, and six houses. The total permanent population of the city is 92.
Places of interest
Circhester Stadium
- Main article: Circhester Stadium
Circhester Stadium is the site at which the sixth installment in the Galar region's Gym Challenge takes place. It is located in the northernmost part of the town, up a long ramp leading past the Hero's Bath. In Pokémon Sword, Gordie is the city's Gym Leader, specializing in Rock-type Pokémon. The Ice-type specialist Melony is the Gym Leader in Pokémon Shield. Upon defeating the Gym Leader, the player receives the Rock Badge in Pokémon Sword and the Ice Badge in Pokémon Shield.
As with every Stadium in the region, the Circhester Stadium contains a Poké Mart and a uniform shop. The Ball Guy in this Stadium gives the player a Moon Ball.
Boutique
The boutique is located on the eastern side of Circhester, to the east of the Hero's Bath.
Male clothing
| Type | Item | Brand | Patterns | Price | ||
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| Tops | Torn Top | 
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White, Black, Nasty Plot, Astonished Eevee, Pikachu Payback, Night Shade, Scary Face | $21,400 | ||
| Tops | Three-Fourths Sleeve Button-Front Top | 
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White, Black, Maroon, Candy Stripe, Paisley Pattern | $22,900 | ||
| Tops | Casual Tee |
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Nasty Plot, Astonished Eevee, Pikachu Payback, Night Shade, Scary Face | $15,800 | ||
| Tops | Casual Tee |
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Dynamax Band | $17,000 | ||
| Outerwear | Satin Varsity Jacket | 
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Bitter Rock | $88,000 | ||
| Footwear | Casual Trainers | 
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White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan | $6,800 | ||
| Footwear | Casual Trainers | 
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Ball Bonanza, Lovely Nightmare, Logo Lined, Leppa Laden, Berry Forest | $13,800 | ||
| Bags | Canvas Travel Bag |
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Leppa Laden, Ball Bonanza, Logo Lined | $18,160 | ||
| Headwear | Trapper Hat |
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White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan | $35,800 | ||
| Eyewear | Wraparound Sunglasses |
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White, Black, Mottled, Red, Green, Blue | $21,000 | ||
| Gloves | Patterned Gloves |
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Eternal Sleep, Mischief Maker, Gullet Glam | $5,020 | ||
After obtaining the Style Card (IoA)
| Type | Item | Brand | Patterns | Price | ||
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| Tops | Casual Tee | 
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Ramblin' Rondelands, Penguin | $980 | ||
| Tops | Cable-Knit Sweater | 
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White, Black, Gray, Maroon, Navy | $25,000 | ||
| Tops | Knit Sweater |
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Peaceful Pastures, Rad Applin, Tapping Feet | $41,000 | ||
| Tops | Vest and Tie Ensemble |
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White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan | $78,300 | ||
| Bottoms | Punk Trousers | 
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Faded Black, Light Blue, Red | $4,300 | ||
| Footwear | Punk Boots |
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Blue, Pink, Yellow | $4,600 | ||
| Gloves | Punk Gloves |
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Black | $15,000 | ||
Female clothing
| Type | Item | Brand | Patterns | Price | ||
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| Tops | Torn Top |
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White, Black, Nasty Plot, Astonished Eevee, Pikachu Payback, Night Shade, Scary Face | $21,400 | ||
| Tops | Three-Fourths Sleeve Button-Front Top |
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White, Black, Maroon, Candy Stripe, Paisley Pattern | $22,900 | ||
| Tops | Casual Tee |
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Nasty Plot, Astonished Eevee, Pikachu Payback, Night Shade, Scary Face | $15,800 | ||
| Tops | Casual Tee |
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Dynamax Band | $17,000 | ||
| Outerwear | Satin Varsity Jacket |
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Bitter Rock | $88,000 | ||
| Outerwear | Fuzzy Pastel Parka |
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White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan | $23,000 | ||
| Dresses | Pleated Dress |
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White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan | $52,400 | ||
| Footwear | Casual Trainers |
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White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan | $6,800 | ||
| Footwear | Casual Trainers |
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Ball Bonanza, Lovely Nightmare, Logo Lined, Leppa Laden, Berry Forest | $13,800 | ||
| Footwear | Fur-Lined Boots |
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Brown, Sand, Black, White, Navy, Maroon | $19,200 | ||
| Bags | Frilly Rucksack |
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Brown, Sand, Black, White, Navy, Maroon | $18,160 | ||
| Headwear | Trapper Hat |
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White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan | $35,800 | ||
| Eyewear | Wraparound Sunglasses |
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White, Black, Mottled, Red, Green, Blue | $21,000 | ||
| Gloves | Patterned Gloves |
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Eternal Sleep, Mischief Maker, Gullet Glam | $5,020 | ||
After obtaining the Style Card (IoA)
| Type | Item | Brand | Patterns | Price | ||
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| Tops | Knit Sweater |
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Tapping Feet, Rad Applin, Peaceful Pastures | $41,000 | ||
| Tops | Cable-Knit Sweater |
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White, Black, Gray, Maroon, Navy | $25,000 | ||
| Outerwear | Punk Vest |
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Faded Black, Light Blue, Red | $7,500 | ||
| Bottoms | Punk Skirt |
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Faded Black, Light Blue, Red | $4,300 | ||
| Legwear | Punk Tights |
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Pink, Blue, Yellow | $1,200 | ||
| Footwear | Punk Boots |
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Pink, Blue, Yellow | $46,000 | ||
| Gloves | Punk Gloves |
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Black | $15,000 | ||
Hair salon
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The hair salon is located in the southeastern corner of Circhester, and is the first building that the player arrives at upon entering the town from Route 9 to the south.
Male options
The player can change the style or color of their hair for $3,000. For $1,000, the player can apply makeup to change the style of their eyebrows, the tint of their eyebrows or the color of their contact lenses.
Hairstyle options:
- Short style
- Caesar cut
- Medium and wavy
- Braids
- Side part
- Undercut
- Bowl cut
- Long hair
Eyebrow style options:
- Normal eyebrows
- Thick eyebrows
- Thin eyebrows
Hair color and eyebrow tint options:
- Black
- Gold
- Dark brown
- Ash brown
- Caramel blond
- Platinum blond
- Pink-brown
- Wine red
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Red
- Pink
Contact lens options:
- Hazel
- Gray
- Green
- Pale blue
- Black
- Yellow
- Pink
- Purple
- Brown
- Ultramarine
- Yellow-green
- Lavender ice
- Poppy red
- White
- Multicolor swirl
- Total dark
- Burning passion
- Lovely hearts
- Star studded
Female options
Hero's Bath
The Hero's Bath, also known as Circhester Bath, is an ancient stone pillar structure containing a rectangular hot spring located in the center of Circhester. According to legend, the two heroes who saved Galar from the Darkest Day bathed in the Hero's Bath to heal and rest.
Move tutor
The old man standing on the western edge of the water in the Hero's Bath will teach the move Draco Meteor to an eligible Pokémon in the player's party or in the Pokémon Storage System. Unlike in previous games, it is no longer required that the selected Pokémon has maximum Friendship.
Hotel Ionia
Hotel Ionia is a lavish hotel located in the southern part of Circhester, on the northern side of the roundabout. It is split into a western building and an eastern building whose layouts are mirror images of each other. The hotel buildings each have a lobby and one accessible floor containing four hotel rooms which can be reached by taking an elevator from the lobby.
The two hotel rooms on the left in the western building are populated by NPCs based on the development team for Pokémon Sword and Shield at GAME FREAK. Once the player has become the Champion, a Police Officer named Morimoto in the second room from the left will challenge the player to a daily Double Battle. He will also give the player an Oval Charm the first time he is beaten. The game director, located in the leftmost room, will give the player a Catching Charm when first spoken to, and a Shiny Charm once the Pokédex has been completed. Morimoto and the game director are based on Game Freak's Shigeki Morimoto and Shigeru Ohmori, respectively.
The player can undertake a small side quest in the second room from the left in the hotel's eastern building. A man named Howses is interrogating three suspects to determine who ate the hotel's basket of berries. After enlisting the player's assistance, Howses instructs the player to speak to each suspect and determine the culprit. A Skwovet belonging to one of the suspects then appears with berries in its mouth. After selecting the Skwovet as the culprit, the player receives a Wide Lens from Howses for solving the case.
Bob's Your Uncle
Bob's Your Uncle is a restaurant located southwest of Circhester Stadium. After the player has defeated the Circhester Gym Leader, Sonia will invite the player and Hop to eat there, discovering a lost tapestry from Hammerlocke vault from there in the process. According to a Cook in the restaurant, he found it at an antique market.
Pokémon Center
The Pokémon Center is located in the southwestern corner of Circhester, and is the first building that the player arrives at upon entering the town from Route 8 to the south.
The man behind the left counter in the Pokémon Center performs the duties of the Name Rater, memory reader, Move Reminder and Move Deleter. Unlike in previous games, making a Pokémon remember a move does not require the payment of a Heart Scale. The Pokémon Storage System can be accessed from the Rotomi to the left of the Pokémon Center lady's counter. This PC also enables access to the Loto-ID, as well as Poké Jobs and the League Card Maker.
Poké Mart
This Poké Mart is located at the right counter in the Pokémon Center.
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Items
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Snowball | Down the western stairs in front of the Hero's Bath (hidden) | Sw Sh |
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Poké Doll | Down the eastern stairs in front of the Hero's Bath (hidden) | Sw Sh |
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Lemonade | On the western side of the Hero's Bath (hidden) | Sw Sh |
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TM51 (Icicle Spear) | On the eastern side of the Hero's Bath | Sw Sh |
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X Sp. Atk ×2 | In front of a pile of snow in the corner to the west of Circhester Stadium (hidden) | Sw Sh |
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TM27 (Icy Wind) | From the man in the southernmost house on the western side of the city | Sw |
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TM48 (Rock Tomb) | From the man in the southernmost house on the western side of the city | Sh |
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Catching Charm | From the game director in the leftmost room on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's western building | Sw Sh |
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Oval Charm | From Morimoto in the second room from the left on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's western building after beating him in battle for the first time after becoming Champion | Sw Sh |
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Shiny Charm | From the game director in the leftmost room on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's western building after showing him a completed Pokédex | Sw Sh |
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TM47 (Fake Tears) | From the Musician in the rightmost room on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's eastern building | Sw Sh |
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TM16 (Screech) | From the Hiker in the second room from the right on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's eastern building | Sw Sh |
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Wide Lens | From Howses in the second room from the left on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's eastern building after identifying that the berries were eaten by a Skwovet | Sw Sh |
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Full Heal ×3 | In an indent to the left on the southeasternmost side of Circhester, just before Route 9 (hidden) | Sw Sh |
Pokémon
An ice cream seller in the city square will offer to trade the player his ThrohSw/SawkSh nicknamed "Reddos"Sw/"Blubop"Sh in exchange for a Vanillish.
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37 | One | ||||||||||
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37 | One | ||||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | ||||||||||||||
Trainers
Pre–Hall of Fame
Post–Hall of Fame
Morimoto will face the player in a Double Battle once per day at Hotel Ionia once they have become Champion. He will Dynamax his Snorlax at the first opportunity.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Sword & Shield arc
Circhester debuted in Shocking!! Reunion in the Forest, where Melony switched turns with her son Gordie in leading the Circhester Stadium, with it being converted to match Gordie's Rock theme in the process.
In Crunch!! Snowy Battle, Professor Magnolia and Casey were seen relaxing at the Hero's Bath after arriving in the town. Later, Sonia visited Bob's Your Uncle to investigate the fifth tapestry from the Hammerlocke vault.
In Cracking!! Brilliant Tap-Dancing, Sonia met up with Henry and Casey, telling them about the statues found behind the mural at Stow-on-Side and taking them to see the tapestry at Bob's Your Uncle. She theorized that both the statues and the tapestry had been hidden so that they would disappear from history. Afterwards, Henry challenged and successfully defeated Melony at the Circhester Stadium, allowing him to move on in his Gym Challenge.
In Splash!! The Return of the Two Pokémon, the disposal of the fifth tapestry was revealed to have been the work of Sordward and Shielbert's family in order to hide Zacian and Zamazenta's role in Galar's history and make the family's ancestors seem like the true heroes.
Gallery
| Stadium (Ice-type) | Stadium (Rock-type) | Hero's Bath | Bob's Your Uncle |
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In the TCG
- Main article: Circhester Bath (Vivid Voltage 150)
The Hero's Bath in Circhester was introduced as a Stadium card named Circhester Bath in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Amazing Volt Tackle expansion before debuting in the English Vivid Voltage expansion, with artwork by 5ban Graphics. As long as this Stadium card is in play, all Basic Pokémon in play take 20 less damage from attacks used by their opponent's Pokémon.
Trivia
- Hotel Ionia has floor and carpet decorations that resemble Unown.
- Hotel Ionia has wallpaper in the rooms to the left and right sides of the lobby that has oranges and grapes, referencing the next main generation games, Scarlet and Violet.
Origin
- Main article: Pokémon world in relation to the real world → Galar
Circhester is based on Bath,[1][2] a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset in South West England. The city of Bath is famed for its hot springs and Roman-built baths, as well as its cityscape featuring Georgian architecture with buildings such as The Circus and the Royal Crescent.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | キルクスタウン Circus Town | From circus (open-air sports arena in the ancient Roman empire) |
| English, German, Italian, Indonesian, Brazilian Portuguese |
Circhester | From circus and -chester (British town suffix for fortification of Roman origin) |
| European Spanish | Pueblo Auriga | From auriga (charioteer) |
| French | Ludester | From ludi (public games in the ancient Roman empire) and -chester (British town suffix for fortification of Roman origin) |
| Korean | 키르쿠스마을 Circus Maeul | From circus |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 戰競鎮 Zhànjìng Zhèn / Jingihng Jan | From 戰 / 战 zhàn / jin (battle) and 競技場 / 竞技场 jìngjìchǎng / gihnggeihchèuhng (stadium, arena, circus) |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 战竞镇 Zhànjìng Zhèn |
- Hotel Ionia
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ホテル イオニア Hotel Ionia | From イオニア式 Ionia-shiki (Ionic order), a classical architectural order characterized by the use of volutes (spiral, scroll-like ornament) in columns |
| English, German | Hotel Ionia | From its Japanese name |
| European Spanish | Hotel Jonia | From orden jónico (Ionic order) |
| French, Italian | Hôtel Ionia | From its Japanese name |
| Korean | 이오니아호텔 Ionia Hotel | From its Japanese name |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 愛奧尼亞酒店 Ài'àoníyǎ Jiǔdiàn / Oi'ounèih'a Jáudim | From 愛奧尼柱式 / 爱奥尼柱式 Ài'àoní Zhù shì / Oi'ounèih Chyúh sīk (Ionic order) |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 爱奥尼亚酒店 Ài'àoníyà Jiǔdiàn |
- Bob's Your Uncle
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ステーキハウス おいしんボブ Steakhouse Oishin-Bob | From 美味しい oishii (tasty), 食いしん坊 kuishinbō (gourmand), and the name Bob |
| English | Bob's Your Uncle | From the British idiom Bob's your uncle ("No problem", "and there it is", "it's done") |
| German | Steakhaus Leckerpaul | From Leckermaul (person with a sweet tooth) and the name Paul |
| European Spanish | Asador El Atracón | From asador (roaster) and atracón (binge) |
| French | Bob's Grill | From Bob and grill |
| Italian | Steakhouse Buongustavo | From buongustaio (gourmand) and the name Gustavo |
| Korean | 대미식가 밥의 스테이크하우스 Daemisikga Bob-ui Steakhouse | From 대미식가 (大美食家) daemisikga (great gourmand), 밥 bap (cooked rice), and the name Bob |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 老饕伯鐵板燒 Lǎotāobó Tiěbǎnshāo / Lóuhtōubaak Titbáansīu | From 老饕 lǎotāo / lóuhtōu (gourmand) and 伯 bó / baak (uncle; form of address for senior males) |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 老饕伯铁板烧 Lǎotāobó Tiěbǎnshāo |
References
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