I really hope that "from menu to memory" becomes a series. I love the format of taking one individual menu, and then using that to explore the history of the restaurant. It helps ground the episode.
I lucked out with the Lotus Room. Not that many families were featured as much as they did in newspapers. It truly shows they were loved by the community. But I will try to do more restaurant features like this!
I loved that restaurant. When I was a kid, The Lotus Room was the only real deal Chinese restaurant in Denver and the food was amazing. They always gave you so much that you ended up bringing home a lot of those little to go boxes, which I always looked forward to digging in to the next day. It always felt like a special day when we went to dine at The Lotus Room. Excellent memories; Greatest of All Time in Denver for excellent Chinese cuisine.
Oh, wow! It's a honor to do a feature on your grandparents' restaurant. The majority of the information in this episode comes from newspaper articles. I am lucky that The Rocky Mountain News seems to love working with your grandparents. Send me an email at kristiechow@gmail.com and I can send you the copies of all the PDFs.
@Janetv5771, I’m T Logan Waggoner’s granddaughter. I think I ate at the Lotus Room about three times a week while Grandpa did his duties at the VFW post. I certainly remember him asking your grandmother if she needed “help” when I got bored and I ended up de-stringing bushels of green beans and snow peas. Ps have you seen the stained glass window of your great grandfather at the state Capitol building? He has his own page on Wiki. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Lin_Sou
@AmericanChineseFoodShow - the Lotus Room wasn’t the first Chinese Restaurant in Denver, but it was the first sit-down Chinese Restaurant in Denver. The Hop Alley riot in 1880 destroyed most all of the buildings in what was Chinatown/Hop Alley in Lodo. It was replacement buildings that were razed in 1940, and by then there were less than 150 Chinese living in Denver due to the strong KKK influence here. In the early 20th Century, there were more KKK members in Colorado than anywhere besides Arkansas. So the Fong family were quite courageous in opening a restaurant, and quite smart for setting in a location that people would help defend it. And it was very good food.
I really hope that "from menu to memory" becomes a series. I love the format of taking one individual menu, and then using that to explore the history of the restaurant. It helps ground the episode.
Agreed!
I lucked out with the Lotus Room. Not that many families were featured as much as they did in newspapers. It truly shows they were loved by the community. But I will try to do more restaurant features like this!
@@AmericanChineseFoodShow :) that's great. No matter what you tackle next I'm sure that it'll be interesting.
I loved that restaurant. When I was a kid, The Lotus Room was the only real deal Chinese restaurant in Denver and the food was amazing. They always gave you so much that you ended up bringing home a lot of those little to go boxes, which I always looked forward to digging in to the next day. It always felt like a special day when we went to dine at The Lotus Room. Excellent memories; Greatest of All Time in Denver for excellent Chinese cuisine.
This is definitely the sentiment I got from patrons of the Lotus Room. It was so well loved.
Another great segment, I love the history you were able to dig up. Keep up the great work!
Digging up the history is the most fun part for me!!
I am interested in how you did this research and found these photos. Frank and Esther were my grandparents.
Oh, wow! It's a honor to do a feature on your grandparents' restaurant. The majority of the information in this episode comes from newspaper articles. I am lucky that The Rocky Mountain News seems to love working with your grandparents.
Send me an email at kristiechow@gmail.com and I can send you the copies of all the PDFs.
Thank you so much! I sent you an email. ❤
@@janetv5771would love to know the sauce recipe for your family’s almond duck sauce
@Janetv5771, I’m T Logan Waggoner’s granddaughter. I think I ate at the Lotus Room about three times a week while Grandpa did his duties at the VFW post. I certainly remember him asking your grandmother if she needed “help” when I got bored and I ended up de-stringing bushels of green beans and snow peas.
Ps have you seen the stained glass window of your great grandfather at the state Capitol building? He has his own page on Wiki. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Lin_Sou
@AmericanChineseFoodShow - the Lotus Room wasn’t the first Chinese Restaurant in Denver, but it was the first sit-down Chinese Restaurant in Denver. The Hop Alley riot in 1880 destroyed most all of the buildings in what was Chinatown/Hop Alley in Lodo. It was replacement buildings that were razed in 1940, and by then there were less than 150 Chinese living in Denver due to the strong KKK influence here. In the early 20th Century, there were more KKK members in Colorado than anywhere besides Arkansas. So the Fong family were quite courageous in opening a restaurant, and quite smart for setting in a location that people would help defend it. And it was very good food.