All photos by Zachary Fagenson A spruced up Hop Won There's not much to do in western Davie off Griffin Road near I-75, a stone's throw from the farmland of the Southwest Ranches. So Gigi Stetler, who for the last 26 years had owned and managed Broward RV, decided to buy the failing Hop Won restaurant with the idea to transform it into a trendy lounge-restaurant, saving people looking for entertainment and good food a 30-minute-plus ride east.

"I bought it because I'm not the only one who wants a place to go," she said. "To get any kind of entertainment, you have to go to the Hard Rock" Hotel and Casino.

Stelter is a first-time restaurateur, and her son Jarryd, who is only 19, helps run the kitchen and conceptualizes dishes of his own. Stelter has transformed the interior from one with yellowing white walls into a more enticing neon pink-and-black chalkboard checkerboard pattern on which diners are encouraged to write graffitti. Stelter is hosting nights for the Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche-owners clubs, and the singles crowd. There's no doubt they're reaching to be trendy. With a step onto Bethenny Frankel's coattail, Gigi boasts about their "skinny" cocktails made with low-calorie Ty Ku Sake. Dishes conceived by Jarryd from the kitchen plainly come from the mind of someone who's spent years glued to the Food Network.

The menu is a mash-up of westernized Chinese food and Jarryd's creations. Though Gigi at first tried to get rid of the Chinese menu, customers who had frequented the restaurant under previous owners kept returning, demanding the honey garlic chicken and other items. Gigi has kept on the original Chinese chef, Hui Huant; he and his staff are old pros at executing some of the authentic Chinese dishes and have also learned to make Jarryd's inventions.

We tried a few items that held their place on the menu, as well as some new creations.