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Johnny Kan (1906–1972) was a Chinese American restaurateur in Chinatown, San Francisco, ca 1950–1970.He was the owner of Johnny Kan's restaurant, which opened in 1953, and published a book on Cantonese cuisine, Eight Immortal Flavors, which was praised by Craig Claiborne and James Beard. [1]
The Peace Hotel (Chinese: 和平饭店, pinyin: Hépíng Fàndiàn, Shanghainese: Wubin Vaedi) is a hotel on The Bund in Shanghai, China, which overlooks the surrounding areas. [1] The hotel has two different buildings. The Sassoon House, originally housed the Cathay Hotel and is today the Fairmont Peace Hotel run by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts ...
The Cathay Building consisted of the Cathay Cinema, a restaurant and the dance hall on the ground floor, as well as a roof garden above the cinema and a residential storey block with a penthouse. The first part of the Cathay Building was opened on 3 October 1939 with the 1,300-seat Cathay Cinema, the dance hall and the Cathay Restaurant.
The Cathay is a mixed-use 17-storey cinema, ... The building housed retail, food and drink outlets and an 8-screen Cathay Cineplex which includes The Picturehouse ...
First Food Store: Huangpu District: 720 Nanjing East Road: 1925: 16: The Sun, Shanghai No. 1 Department Store: Huangpu District: 830 Nanjing East Road: 1934: 17: Cathay Mansions, Shanghai Jinjiang Hotel; Jinbei Building: Huangpu District: 109 Changle Road: 1929: 18: The Grosenor House Jinjiang Hotel VIP Building, Junling Building: Huangpu District
He acquired the Cathay Land Company, the Cathay Hotel Company and at least 50 other companies. Sassoon built the Cathay Hotel (now the Peace Hotel) in 1929, and other large hotels, office buildings and residences, many in The Bund, a waterfront area in central Shanghai (including Hamilton House, Metropole Hotel and Embankment). At one time, he ...
Under the ownership of Jack Chen, the Cathay de Grande restaurant and its underground basement nightclub opened in December 1973, serving Mandarin cuisine. [4] [5] By 1980, new owner Michael Brennan had taken over, serving Thai food and booking punk and New Wave bands such as the Raybeats, Angry Samoans, the Flesh Eaters, and the Gun Club. [6]
The former Cathay Mansion, now one of the two main buildings of Jinjiang Hotel, viewed from inside the hotel grounds. Hall at Jinjiang Hotel, site of the signing of the Shanghai Communique normalising Sino-American relations. The former Grosvenor House, now one of the two main buildings of Jinjiang Hotel.