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that initially they had not expected their cooking to appeal to English people but found that they had come regularly and that "We're not going to make any concessions". A small card with the Chinese names of dishes to present to waiters was given to customers who only spoke English. The 1969 edition
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stated that the food was "quite good 
 though it should be characterized as Chinese food for Westerners" and praised the "sweet and sour pork, beef stir‐fried with peppers and onions, chicken soup with egg drops" and "Cantonese staple" crabmeat soup with corn. The decor was described as "a mishmash
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Robert Ji-Song Ku wrote that Zevon's reference to Lee Ho Fook in the song "Werewolves of London" was emblematic of his perception of the ubiquity of Chinese food in the daily life of British people. The writer and novelist
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of Chinese restaurant clichĂ©s—panels embossed with dragons, lanterns, woven bamboo, and with rather cramped seating". The waiting service was described as "virtually non-existent".
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recounts that in the summer of 1966 his ritual for visiting music dignitaries was to take them to dinner at Lee Ho Fook before walking up Wardour Street to see
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Lee Ho Fook closed in 2008, being replaced by another restaurant called Golden Harvest. That was then replaced by Dumplings' Legend, which specialises in
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described it as "undoubtedly one of the best new Cantonese restaurants in London". One of the three owners of the restaurant, Vincent Tsui told
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wrote that he was a fan of Lee Ho Fook for the fact that it was mentioned in Zevon's song. The comedian and writer
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William F. Heintz called it "one of the top places to dine in all of London" in a review for
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imagined dining at the restaurant as a werewolf in his 2010 short story collection
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praised Lee Ho Fook's "strikingly individual cooking" as "the work of an artist".
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Dubious Gastronomy: The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA
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Dubious Gastronomy: The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA
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Lee Ho Fook's

Gerrard Street
Coordinates
51°30â€Č42″N 0°07â€Č53″W / 51.5117°N 0.1314°W / 51.5117; -0.1314
Chinese restaurant
Chinatown, London
Gerrard Street
Michelin Star
Werewolves of London
Warren Zevon
soup-filled dumplings
The Times
The Good Food Guide
New York Times
Will Self
Rich Hall
Joe Boyd
The Move
the Marquee
"Go to Lee Ho Fook's, get a big dish of beef chow mein"
"Lee Ho Fook"
"Nibbles"
The Guardian
"Story Of The Song: Werewolves of London, Warren Zevon (1978)"
"Care with Cantonese"
"Back to the Future"
East West: The Chinese-American News Magazine
"...And Rating Restaurants in Soho's New 'China'"
The New York Times

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