Thanks
Paul K. Was the food good?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rustifer
I remember my family going to a Chinese place after church each Sunday in the late 50's.
Menu items included rumaki (chicken livers and water chestnuts wrapped in bacon) and Pressed Duck. These are things are rarely
if ever found anywhere now. The pressed duck consisted of perfect squares of boned minced duck with crispy skin fried up to resemble
a Wyler's beef boullion cube, usually served in some kind of plum sauce.
Whenever I'm scouring old menus on line, I always sigh with nostalgia when I see these things listed. Wish I had a plate now!
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I never knew pressed duck was served in cubes! -that doesn't sound very appetizing (reminds me of the chicken in
Banquet pot pies
)
The two Jerry's Joynt photographs you reposted are two of my favorites on the thread. It was good to see them again.
Surprisingly, I just found two photographs pertaining to Jerry's Joynt that I believe are new to NLA.
The first one is poorly composed with the upper half of the photo devoted to a cloudless sky...
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=56917
but if you look in the lower left corner you see Jerry's Joint and a banner advertising an appearance by Anna May Wong to sign photographs.
here's an enlargement
detail
The trouble is...I can't quite figure what part of Jerry's Joynt we're seeing.
Are we looking over the roofs toward Ferguson Alley- (and that's the back and the side of Jerry's Joynt facing the alley?) -if so, strange place for a clock.
& does the wood cornice, painted white with the three lights, belong to Jerry's Joynt or a building just beyond it?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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In the second photograph we finally get a glimpse inside the
joint joynt.
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics23/00031003.jpg
Group portrait at Jerry's Joynt, located at 500 N. Los Angeles, Chinatown; identified is actor Vince Barnett (seated right of center, unshaven).
The sign on the wall reads "Dan Tobey's Silver Jubilee and Barbecue, Jerry's Joynt, Chinatown."
I don't know who Vince Barnett is (
or Dan Tobey!)
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And one more thing:
6 years ago
gsjansen post this ad.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2520
And
GW asked...what was meant by "
That Strange Place of Elbowing."
I don't believe his question was ever answered. Does anyone have the answer now, six years later?