Anyone here old enough to remember Wah Kee’s in NYC Chinatown?

Those are cool memories! That’s too bad about losing some of the mementos. It’s amazing that there are still some restaurants that live forever in my memory of old Chinatown in Boston too. My dad also lived his entire life here in the US working in Chinese restaurants, so these types of stories remind me of him - even in a total different city.

So there are two restaurants? Wah Kee and then also Wo Kee, but same owners?

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Wah Kee and Wo Kee had different owners. My father was there in the begining and bought the business when the original owner (a relative) passed away. I did manage to find a photo of Yul Brynner with my dad…

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