The "Old Tree” and the “C & R” in Soho Chinatown, London
2022 LNDN 11 Nov 05 TG2 0640
If in London’s Soho, a walk around Chinatown is surely an essential part of the rites of passage of a Chinese Restaurant World-Wide Documentation addict. On a dull and very wet November morning, just before lunchtime got under way, el hombre roto found himself there, and found himself somewhat surprised at the density and fervour of activity - a ‘Chinatown’ there was essentially non-existent oh so many years ago, and the area pretty quiet on a Saturday morning, when he was an impoverished student at UCL just up the road, when Kwei’s, up between Warren Street and Goodge Street, but long gone now, was the handiest Chinese restaurant, and, indeed, one of the very first Chinese restaurants sampled by el hombre roto. So, on this dank grey November morning in London rain, jostled among and by the herds of meandering tourists, and by restauranteurs and deliverers going about their business, simultaneously juggling with his brolly and his waterproof TG2, el hombre roto was able to spend a quick few minutes of rushed documentation in the pouring rain while his beautiful (and mocking) companion relaxed and sipped a latte in the interior coziness of the handy Leicester Square McDonalds.
Rupert Court is well-photographed for a variety of reasons – it’s famous for a picture of the Beatles for example - but in terms of the CRWWDP, it contains the “C and R” restaurant for Chinese and Malaysian food, and, at the far end, as Rupert Court joins with Rupert Street, the ‘Old Tree’ for Taiwanese street food. El hombre roto guesses that these have surely been previously documented in this group, but also guesses that there is no harm in alternative perspectives.
The "Old Tree” and the “C & R” in Soho Chinatown, London
2022 LNDN 11 Nov 05 TG2 0640
If in London’s Soho, a walk around Chinatown is surely an essential part of the rites of passage of a Chinese Restaurant World-Wide Documentation addict. On a dull and very wet November morning, just before lunchtime got under way, el hombre roto found himself there, and found himself somewhat surprised at the density and fervour of activity - a ‘Chinatown’ there was essentially non-existent oh so many years ago, and the area pretty quiet on a Saturday morning, when he was an impoverished student at UCL just up the road, when Kwei’s, up between Warren Street and Goodge Street, but long gone now, was the handiest Chinese restaurant, and, indeed, one of the very first Chinese restaurants sampled by el hombre roto. So, on this dank grey November morning in London rain, jostled among and by the herds of meandering tourists, and by restauranteurs and deliverers going about their business, simultaneously juggling with his brolly and his waterproof TG2, el hombre roto was able to spend a quick few minutes of rushed documentation in the pouring rain while his beautiful (and mocking) companion relaxed and sipped a latte in the interior coziness of the handy Leicester Square McDonalds.
Rupert Court is well-photographed for a variety of reasons – it’s famous for a picture of the Beatles for example - but in terms of the CRWWDP, it contains the “C and R” restaurant for Chinese and Malaysian food, and, at the far end, as Rupert Court joins with Rupert Street, the ‘Old Tree’ for Taiwanese street food. El hombre roto guesses that these have surely been previously documented in this group, but also guesses that there is no harm in alternative perspectives.