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"Two things are certain at Chinese restaurants in Australian country towns:
you’ll find lemon chicken on the menu and the restaurant is open almost every
day.
In the 1960s and 70s, Ruby Lee’s parents ran the Pagoda Cafe in Burleigh Heads,
a surf town in Queensland. They worked 14-hour days and opened the restaurant
year-round, even Christmas. When they did eventually close for one day a year,
it was for lunar new year.
“It was the only day that I can recall ever eating out with the family while
growing up,” Lee says. There weren’t any “good” Chinese restaurants in the area
at the time, so the family celebrated at a local Pizza Hut.
When you’re one of the few Asian families in a small Australian town, cultural
celebrations and festivities often only exist because of your resourcefulness."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
