Wellington Chinese History on Nostr: A Wellington institution, the Shanghai Restaurant (120-126 Courtenay Place) was the ...

A Wellington institution, the Shanghai Restaurant (120-126 Courtenay Place) was the first Chinese restaurant catering for non-Chinese: a popular a meeting place & venue to play mahjong it opened in 1948 by Ng Soon Wah, Thomas Carr Yam Ng & Joe Lai Choy.
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