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Lung Wah Hotel and Shatin Restaurant 龍華酒店和沙田畫舫

Lung Wah Hotel and Shatin Restaurant 龍華酒店和沙田畫舫

Lung Wah Hotel was opened in 1951 and became a restaurant in 1985. It was famous for barbecued pigeon. In 1950s, many famous actors such as Bruce Lee, Connie Chan Po-chu, Josephine Siao enjoyed their tea there. Bruce Lee's family alway enjoyed vocation and Bruce practised Kung Fu with his brother Albert there. Bruce participated the film "偷燒鴨" (stealing roast duck www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJSO8nXgQA ) in his childhood and Lung Wah Hotel was one of the scenes of this film.

Shatin Restaurant was a floating restaurant for seafood and opened in 1963. It was parked where opposite to Lung Wah Hotel. As the reclamation in Shatin in 1970s, it was migrated and closed in 1984.

The top photo can be compared with that in 1983:

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Uploaded on August 24, 2013
Taken on August 24, 2013