A Short History of Gluttony In Shanghai

By Guest | March 12th, 2018 | Food, Jimmy's Kitchen Shanghai, Sun Ya, Western food in old Shanghai, Western restaurants in old Shanghai | 0 Comment

by Bill Savadove Gluttony has a weighty presence in the history of Shanghai, where East met West as Chinese merchants and foreign settlers brought their home cooking to the city after the late 1800s, when the port opened wider to the outside world. In 1929, the Sunday breakfast menu at the luxury Palace Hotel ...