TOP BIGHT: Part of the line-up at the opening of the Forbidden City. Top centre reveals the check-room; top left, g^iests helping themselves to refreshments; centre right, cocktail being served at the ornate bar.
Four lower photos from left are: Interior of the Lotus Gardens; a section of the stainless steel kitchen; floor manager Lila Chen (in Chinese costume) superintending the setting: of tables by Marion and "Sootty;" and (extreme right) proprietor ^pimy Kee being congratulated by a guest on opening day. Centre picture shows cashier Stiirley Joe at her station with a glimpse of the bar In background.
SWANK RESTAURANTS OP
MAGNIFICENT and breath-taking in their o>rnamenfatio«i are two swank restaurants reeemtly opened in Vancouver' They are "The Forbidden City*, at Pender and Columbia, and "The Lotus Gartlem" on Abbott just* belew Pender, Botk restaurants wore describedè–©n the Issfr issue of "ChinaloiMi but here are some pictorial glimpses.
