Chinese Restaurant Project

Every prairie town had a Chinese restaurant on its' main street. Be the first in your neighbourhood to see what life was like there in the early 20th century.

Donalda & District Museum is still looking for information to add to its'exhibit on the village's own Chinese restaurants. A preliminary search has discovered that, as early as 1913, the Donalda Café was owned by the Poon family, including Jack and Jor, Henry, Wing, Num, and Norman, and that the Donalda Hotel had a Chinese cook, Tewar Jikson, in its' café before 1916.

If you know anything about any of these restaurants, or the people who operated them, please contact the museum office. We'd love to hear from you.

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