A Card for The Cathay/Chinese Restaurant, Glasshouse Street, London
Posted: April 30th, 2024 | 2 Comments »I’ve blogged before on the famous Cathay Restaurant, also known as just The Chinese Restaurant that used to be on Glasshouse Street and was once famous courtesy of the lights in Piccadilly Circus. It was one of London’s oldest and longest running Chinese restaurants (well into the 1970s at least) – use the search box on the home page and just put “Glasshouse” in. Sadly the original building was demolished a few years ago.
Many thanks to ChinaRhyming reader Allan Carter, whose parents knew the establishment’s owners, who sent me an original card from the restaurant….. here the restaurant claims to be the oldest (very debatable) and has the logo – “Where West Eats East” and midnight opening hours!
I started life at LSE London and we loved to vist for the dim sum (sorry about the spelling!) Do you still do it I am visiting with my children andwould love to show them an old old Haunt! Iam now in my eighties!
I started life at LSE London and we loved to vist as students for the dim sum. Do you still do it I am visiting with my children andwould love to show them an old old Haunt! Iam now in my eighties!