Item #103744 Shanghai Restaurant Chinese Cookery Book. S. K. CHENG.
Shanghai Restaurant Chinese Cookery Book.
Shanghai Restaurant Chinese Cookery Book.
Shanghai Restaurant Chinese Cookery Book.
Shanghai Restaurant Chinese Cookery Book.

Shanghai Restaurant Chinese Cookery Book.

8, Greek Street, London, W1: The Shanghai Restaurant, 1936.

First edition, first printing. Orange boards with black titles. A very good copy. No tearing, nicking or chipping to cloth. A number of small marks to boards & some toning to spine. Internally complete. Some toning to the gutter margin of first few leaves. No inscriptions. A very good copy of an uncommon title.

Rare and historically significant book documenting the early rise of Chinese Gastronomy in London's Soho district - it provides invaluable insight into interwar culinary culture by adapting authentic restaurant recipes for Western home cooks.

Item #103744

Price: £285.00

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