US food brand has opened the first The Cheesecake Factory China under a licensing agreement with its affiliate CCD China Operating Corporation.

Being run by Hong Kong-based Maxim’s Caterers, the restaurant is in Disneytown, the shopping, dining and entertainment precinct in Shanghai Disney Resort. The outlet has a menu of more than 200 items – all handmade in-house with fresh ingredients – featuring its signature cheesecakes and desserts.

“China is an exciting new area of development for us and we are so pleased to be able to bring The Cheesecake Factory’s guest experience to Disneytown,” says The Cheesecake Factory Incorporatedfounder/chairman/CEO David Overton, from California.