Hong Kong and China Gas Cookery Cookbook - English and Chinese Language

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Description: This book has several unique features which makes it different from others of its kind. First it is a book which has been designed, printed and published in Hongkong using local talent for the collection, testing and translation of various International recipes. 

The text is profusely illustrated with photographs of dishes actually prepared, cooked and tested in Hongkong and using ingredients that can all be purchased locally. Thus the Hongkong housewife is quite free to prepare the recipe of her choice while she will know that the resultant meal will be both satisfying and delicious. 

Language difficulties have frequently spoiled a well planned menu due to misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the English wording, but, with the simplified form of construction the average Chinese cook can follow line by line the Chinese characters as used in the popular local press but arranged in the modern method of reading from left to right. 

Hongkong is now one of the most important centres of the East, a rendezvous for all nationalities for the purpose of trade between East and West whilst, as a tourist attraction, its popularity is reflected in the unprecedented increase in the number of top-ranking International hotels and restaurants from which sources we have been privileged to collect and compile recipes included in this volume. The publication of this book is a fitting commemoration of the Centenary of the Hongkong & China Gas Company which has for so many years provided Gas and appliances for easy cooking in any language. 

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Condition: No dust jacket. Further good condition.