NY site to explore... King Yum - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Nov 2, 2004 2:43 PM The (colorful) Tikis and lamps are the same than in several Fu joints that are mentioned in "Locating Tiki". All these items were massproduced by the New York Restaurant supply firm Orchids of Hawaii and offered in their catalogue since the 60s/70s up into the 90s, together with pages and pages of purely Chinese decor and lamps. This is definetely another case of a classic Chinese Restaurant updating itself with Tiki stuff like the Wan-Q on page 62 of the BOT. They might not have thrown anything out since 1953, but that stuff was added later.

The (colorful) Tikis and lamps are the same than in several Fu joints that are mentioned in "Locating Tiki". All these items were massproduced by the New York Restaurant supply firm Orchids of Hawaii and offered in their catalogue since the 60s/70s up into the 90s, together with pages and pages of purely Chinese decor and lamps.

This is definetely another case of a classic Chinese Restaurant updating itself with Tiki stuff like the Wan-Q on page 62 of the BOT. They might not have thrown anything out since 1953, but that stuff was added later.

Post #123147 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Nov 2, 2004 2:43 PM