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Eda Tang: “Imagine Dominion Road with trams and trolley buses. That’s how Mahmmad Bhikoo first knew the place when he opened Hollywood Dairy in 1982. ‘In those days, supermarkets used to close at five, six o’clock. There were two Chinese restaurants, three Indian shops,’ he recalls, listing all the other establishments to me in the storeroom of his dairy. ‘When I came here, nobody knew anything about dumplings and noodles. The only Chinese food they knew was chop suey, chow mein and stir-fried rice. Gradually, people started moving in and opening restaurants and takeaways, and that changed the whole dimension of Balmoral.’”
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Chinese, but not a Chinatown: The rise and rise of Dominion Road
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