Lau Yee Chai, Honolulu 1930s Clark's the way Americans used to

the way Americans used to cook abalone seemed a little like marinating a nice porterhouse in paint

It's packed with amazing details and we particularly love the ships sailing in and bringing food items such as pineapples

William Howard Taft

near Houston Street

Lau Yee Chai, Honolulu 1930s Clark's the way Americans used to'''Me, PY Chong!" he brashly called himself. And so he was known far and wide, the original owner and chef of the world famous Waikiki Lau Yee Chai restaurant, which opened in 1929, at the corner of Kuhio and Kalakaua Avenues. According to the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, " its elaborate, classical Chinese architecture stood out in the Waikiki landscape, effectively attracting mainland tourists to its door". "My dad was a waiter at the