GABRIEL, Vincent
Special Project,
Accession Number 002909
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 17
Total Reels
- Claire Yeo
Interviewer
- 16:23:56
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 3 of 17
Metadata
- 3 Feb 2005
Recording Date
- 00:58:40
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Holding chopsticks according to dialects. Showing support for Communists or Kuomintang. About lard. Joget modern dances. Early Japanese restaurants for Japanese. Management styles of Japanese, Chinese restaurants. New tea varieties in Chinese restaurants. New dishes in response to competition. Women dining in groups in 1970s. Attire, hairstyles of workers. Young people hardly went out. Well-known Chinese eateries in 1970s. Western food in Magnolia Snack Bar. Discrimination in some Western restaurants. Why courting couples patronised Silver Spoon. Chinese restaurants losing dialect distinctions, 1980s. Origin of fish head curry, mee siam, rojak. Noodle variations for different communities. Western restaurants started serving locals; furnishings.
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