Choys of Frith Street Menu – Early 1950s

Posted: April 29th, 2024 | No Comments »

I posted some time ago about Choys, one of post-war London’s best known and much loved Chinese restaurants on Frith Street, Soho. You can see that post here. My thanks then to ChinaRhyming reader Jonathan Sanders for sending me a menu from the 1950s that his mother kept after visiting the restaurant as a young woman. Quite extensive and well worth reading through. I would note that no alcoholic drinks are included. Most Chinese restaurants were not licensed (I suppose due to the ever-arcane UK licensing laws), however arrangements were made with pubs in the area – the old Shanghai Restaurant on Greek Street, round the corner, had a deal with the old Pillars of Hercules pub (recently sadly gutted and turned into some non-entity of a bar) next door to deliver in beer and wine.

By the way – for Londoners – 45 Frith Street is now the Zima Russian Restaurant.

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