Yenching Palace clipping from Evening Star
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This image, taken from an Evening Star from May 30, 1960, shows the Chinese Minister Fu Sung Chu, his wife, and Mrs. Claire Chennault at a dinner held in the Yenching Palace Restaurant. The party, as stated in the image's inscription, had followed a reception at the Chinese Embassy.
This file appears in: Lingering on the Palate: Yenching Palace (1955 - 2007)
Lingering on the Palate: Yenching Palace (1955 - 2007)
This restaurant opened as Peking Palace in 1955 and was located in the former space of Seafare, a restaurant which had operated in Cleveland Park since 1945. The original founder, S. Van Lung (1936- 1881), took so much inspiration from another…