Post #426770 by Kenike on Fri, Jan 2, 2009 2:10 PM

On 2009-01-02 11:49, Bora Boris wrote:

On 2009-01-01 18:37, Kenike wrote:

“Ching Lee, an alumnus chef from Trader Vic’s, has installed his round bottom pans in the Dobbs House kitchen and is testing his recipes on Texas appetites.

“We had to change the stoves – Ching Lee’s pans wouldn’t sit on flat stoves,” said Martin.

Bill Wong (from the Outrigger in Denver) was brought in to help train the kitchen staff.

“Wong is coaching the chefs in Dallas to prepare Polynesian delicacies for the Dobbs House Luau at Love Field. Wong has been operating the Outrigger Room in Denver. When he finishes up his stint at Dallas’ Dobbs House, setting the menu and training the staff, he’ll perform a similar mission in Miami.”

Sounds like maybe there were too many cooks in the kitchen. :roll:

If I had to guess I'd say Wong was brought in to replace Lee for some reason. No explanation is given in the article. I'm sure they never thought anyone would dig up both articles and compare them side by side.

The News also reported that Rose’s grandparents were “the last Occidental aids to Hawaii’s last reigning monarch, King Kamehameha.”

That King Kamehameha thing has me dumbfounded. If they meant Kamehameha I, that would be impossible. Kamehameha V died in 1872, but was not Hawaii's last reigning monarch. Queen Liliuokalani was deposed in 1893, so that might be possible. Still, anyone who read that article in 1958 and knew anything about Hawaiian history must have thought it was a joke.