Omei Restaurant

Matchbox for a Szechuan restaurant in Hotel Grand Central

Designer
Client				Omei Restaurant
Year				c. 1970s

Dimensions: 37 x 52 x 8 mm

This restaurant serving spicy Szechuan cuisine originally opened in Orchard Hotel along Orange Grove Road in 1970. It was named a famous mountain in Sichuan, also known as Mount Emei, and its cooks came from a similarly named restaurant in Taipei. Two years later, the restaurant moved to the first floor of the Hotel Grand Central in Canvegah Road. The restaurant upgraded to the new wing of hotel in 1982

Collection of Maggie and Mukul

References				"Congratulations & Best Wishes to Omei Restaurant". The Straits Times, 22 November 1970, 3. "Omei Restaurant Changes for the better". New Nation, 17 May 1982, 34. "Try the tangy taste of Szechuan food". New Nation, 2 April 1971, 11. "293 delightful dishes". New Nation, 17 February 1973, 6.