Eating on the Move from the Eighteenth Century to the Present

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Franc, Martin
Three journeys with the Chinese Restaurant in Prague.
Eating on the Move from the Eighteenth Century to the Present. New York: Routledge, 2023 - (d’Errico, R.; Magagnoli, S.; Scholliers, P.; Atkins, P.), s. 183-196. Routledge Studies in Cultural History, 136. ISBN 978-1-032-35613-6
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-17501S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985921
Klíčová slova: Czechoslovakia, 1950s-1980s * history of gastronomy
Obor OECD: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003327820-17

The chapter focuses on the functioning of the Chinese Restaurant in Prague in 19 Vodičkova Street, opened in 1958. Initially staffed by Chinese chefs and able to import various luxury ingredients from China for its own use, the restaurant quickly gained enormous popularity despite its relatively high prices. Although originally intended to symbolize the friendship between Czechoslovakia and contemporary China, from the beginning it offered a virtual journey to exotic pre-revolutionary China with its Mandarin style. The business was popular with many Czech cultural celebrities and later offered a trip to the local High Society and the opportunity to meet famous personalities including singer Karel Gott. The U koruny restaurant in Hostivice, which is a continuation of the original Chinese restaurant, offers a retro-trip to the luxury of the 1970s and 1980s.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0345296