Her Lotus Year: Tiffin at Repulse Bay

Like everyone who stayed at the old Repulse Bay Hotel in Hong Kong – from Emily Hahn to Bertrand Russell, Martha Gellhorn to Eileen Zhang – Wallis enjoyed the famous hotel tiffin. Perhaps to us these days it doesn’t sound that appetising, and the copious amount of wines were extra. Not included on the tiffin menu but always available was a curry dish, a nod to the Kadoorie family owners Bombay days.

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