Lau Yee Chai, Honolulu 1930s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) Cocktail napkins

Cocktail napkins

Napoleon enjoyed the dish so much he had it served to him after every battle

There were floor shows nightly

The Hotel Quirinale was built in 1865 on Via Nazionale in the center of Rome

This lovely menu cover is from its 1950s hey-day

Lau Yee Chai, Honolulu 1930s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) Cocktail napkins'''Me, PY Chong!" he brashly called himself. And so he was known far and wide, the original owner and chef of the world famous Waikiki Lau Yee Chai restaurant, which opened in 1929, at the corner of Kuhio and Kalakaua Avenues. According to the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, " its elaborate, classical Chinese architecture stood out in the Waikiki landscape, effectively attracting mainland tourists to its door". "My dad was a waiter at the