This article only represents the author's own views.

Move over, kungpao chicken and sweet and sour pork. One of China’s first major restaurateurs seeking to bring a different Chinese dining experience to the rest of the world has heated up its stock with its latest quarterly earnings that showed nice gains on both its top and bottom lines.

There was plenty to get excited about in the latest report from Super Hi International Holding Ltd. (HDL.US, 9658.HK) issued last week. The company emerged from its history of losses to start making profits in this year’s second quarter, and it continued that tradition in the latest three-month period. Its recipe for success looks tied to the new leadership of Yang Lijuan, a former waitress who first turned around the company’s better-known China-focused parent, Haidilao International (6862.HK), and is now trying to work similar magic with its international spin-off.