Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Bora Bora, Encino, CA (restaurant)
Post #596908 by TikiTomD on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 4:33 PM
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From page 10 of Beachbum Berry's Taboo Table... "Other Chinese restauranteurs, such as Benson Fong of Ah Fong's, were more like hermit crabs: When the Bora Bora room of Encino, California, went bankrupt because it couldn't recoup the costs of its spectacular Polynesian decor, Fong simply moved in a Cantonese kitchen staff and started raking in the exoticash. (Fong, Charlie Chan's 'number one son' in the 1940s movie series, became the number one 1960s Cantonese king with five Ah Fong's restaurants located throughout L.A. County.)" -Tom |