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An Experience for Everybody

The most unique Chinese restaurant in Europe will open in a few weeks time
in West Swindon. We went to talk to the businessmen behind the £2million venture.
From the time you drive through floor and a restaurant seating 120
the tall ornate gold and red en- people, with some tables overlook-
trance archway into the Chinese ing Peatmoor Lagoon fifty yards
Experience, you're taken into an- away.
other world. External building The first floor function room will
work was completed in May and a seat over 100 people with more
container load of furniture and tables set out on the balcony high
equipment has justr arrived from above the lagoon.
the East to turn the inside of the Morris Mo, chairman of the
building into a plush restaurant. consortium of Chinese business-
With its sweeping roof of green men said he and his colleagues were
glazed tiles from Japan, red col- all looking forward to the opening
umns, yellow ornamental animals date. It has taken four years since
and gold decorative panels from we started talking to Thamesdown
Taiwan above the windows, visi- Council about a Chinese restau-
tors will get a true taste of the Ori- rant. We're nearly there."
ent. Colleague Tony Tang, who runs
On the ground floor there will be a restaurant in Brighton, said the
a reception area, bar, raised dance restaurant was for everybody. Gateway to an experience

Nearly ready to open up, from the left, Laurence Lee, John Chang, Morris Mo, "People shouldn't be put off by the
Tony Tang and Albert Tang cost of our project. You might think
a visit will be expensive, but it won't
be. We want people to visit the
Chinese Experience and we want
them to come back, so you'll find
that prices are similar to those in
good quality restaurants."
Brother Albert Tang from Woot-
ton Bassett said the cuisine at the
Chinese Experience would be the
best in the Cantonese and Peking-
nese style. "We will start with
dishes which are familiar to the
western palette and introduce
chef's specials as we go along to see
if people like dishes that they can-
not get in this country."
He said that the kitchen had been
designed to be used by a chef
brought in from Hong Kong. Spe-
cial cooking equipment has been
imported to make the kitchen seem
like home from home.
"We employed a very experi-
Philip Stone enced head chef some time ago and
Painter & Decorator are waiting for permission for him
to enter the country."
For a high standard of work with references available. And once this crucial member of
Telephone now for a staff is in place and ready to cook,
FREE estimate the Chinese Experience will become
Tel: Swindon 870515 one of the biggest tourist attrac- On the first floor balcony, from front
k \. tions in the south of England. Albert Tang, Morris Mo and Tony Tang

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