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Cathay House

Restaurant
Cathay House
Place
Cathay House
Venue
RESTAURANT
Event
daily menu
Physical description
11 1/2 x 9 in. fold. ; ill.
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4
  5. Page 5

Dishes

Page 3

Hennessey$0.35
Corvoisier$0.40
Martel$0.35
Morrow$0.25
Celestin's Cognac$0.35
Gold Leaf Cognac$0.25
Tom Collins$0.25
John Collins$0.25
Rum Collins$0.25
Gin Fizz (Plain)$0.25
Golden Fizz$0.35
Silver Fizz$0.35
Gin Rickey$0.25
Sloe Gin Fizz$0.25
Shanghai Sling$0.35
Whisky sour$0.25
Pink Lady$0.35
Pink Garter$0.30
Singapore Sling$0.35
New Orleans Fizz$0.35
Sherry Flip$0.35
Cuba Libre$0.25
Whiskey Punch$0.35
RUM PUNCH$0.35
Picon Punch$0.35
Old Overholt$0.30
Mount Vernon$0.35
Old Quaker$0.25
Rock and Rye$0.25
Grenadine Punch$0.25
fruit punch$0.25
Lemon or Lime Ade$0.15
Orange Juice$0.20
Pineapple or Tomato Juice$0.15
Coca-Cola or 7-Up$0.15
Sunnybrook Bourbon Whiskey$0.25
Four Roses Bourbon Whiskey$0.25
Old Crow Bourbon Whiskey$0.25
Old Grand-Dad Bourbon Whiskey$0.25
Canadian Club Bourbon Whiskey$0.30
Waterfill and Frazier (bonded)$0.25
I.W. Harper (bonded) Whiskey$0.25
T.W. Samuels Bourbon Whiskey$0.25
Old Taylor Bourbon Whiskey$0.25
CATHAY HOUSE SPECIAL$0.40
Dry Martini$0.25
Manhattan$0.25
Bacardi$0.35
Old Fashion$0.25
Orange Blossom$0.35
Bronx$0.25
Dubonnet$0.25
Side Car$0.35
QUAN YIN$0.40
DRAGON LADY$0.40
FU MANCHU$0.40
DRAGON'S EYE$0.35
BOK NAW MAI JOW (Chinese Rice Wine)$0.25
NG GAH PAY (Chinese Liqueur)$0.25
STRAIGHT MUI GWAI LO (Chinese Rose Liqueur)$0.25
Ballantine's (10 years old)$0.35
Johnny Walker (Black Label)$0.35
Johnny Walker (Red Label)$0.25
Haig & Haig (Five Star)$0.25
Haig & Haig (Pinch)$0.35
Cutty Sark$0.35
Vat 69$0.25
J. J. & S.$0.35
King's Ransom$0.40
White Horse$0.25
Teacher's$0.25
White Label$0.25
Martin's$0.25
Black & White$0.25
King's Banquet$0.25
King William$0.25
Gilbey's Spey-Royal (10 years old)$0.25
Ron Superior Bacardi Rum$0.25
Ron Rico Bacardi Rum$0.25
Creme de Menthe (Green or White)$0.35
Ron Faro Bacardi Rum$0.25
Creme de Cacao$0.35
Grand Marnier$0.35
Cointreau$0.35
King Alphonse$0.35
Chartreuse$0.35
B. & B.$0.35
Cherry or Apricot Liqueur$0.35
Cresta Blanca
Sloe Gin$0.25
Gordon's$0.25
Fleishmann's$0.30
King Arthur$0.25
CHAMPAGNE$0.50
EASTERN Schlitz Rainier Club Budweiser Wieland's$0.25
WESTERN Acme Rainier Regal Pale
Sherry$0.65 – $1.75
PORT$0.65 – $1.75
BURGUNDY$0.65 – $1.75
Large$1.25
Small$0.65
Souvenir$1.75
St. Julien
Sauterne
DRY SAUTERNE
Chablis
Riesling
Cabernet
Zinfandel
Chianti Souvenir
Sparkling Burgundy or Sauterne (large)$3.00
Gonzales
Dubonnet, Dry or Sweet Sherry (glass)$0.25 – $2.25
Portugese Port (bottle)$2.75
Sandeman
Port or Dry Sherry (glass)$0.25 – $2.40
CALIFORNIA CHAMPAGNE
Korbel Sec$5.00
Saint Remy (small)$1.00
Mumm's (Imported Champagne)$7.50
Gibson$0.35
Daiquiri$0.35
Stinger$0.35
Cathay's House Original Chinese Cocktails are made with Imported Mui Gwai Lo (CHINESE ROSE LIQUEUR)
Dubonnet, Dry or Sweet Sherry (bottle)$2.25
Port or Dry Sherry (bottle)$2.40
Schlitz$0.20 – $0.25
Rainier Club$0.20 – $0.25
Wieland's$0.20 – $0.25
Acme$0.20 – $0.25
Rainier Ale$0.20 – $0.25
Regal Pale$0.20 – $0.25

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YEE CHEE GUNG$0.85
YEEN WO GUNG (Bird's Nest in Concentrated Chicken Soup)$0.75
Gai Choy Gung (Mustard Green)$0.25
Don Far Gung (Egg Flower)$0.20
Bow Yee Gung (Abalone)$0.50
Gai Fon Gung (Chicken and Rice)$0.50
Mui Yuke Gung$0.35
Cho Goo Gung (Grass Mushroom)$0.50
CHOW MEIN (FRIED NOODLES) Please Specify Pan Fried or Crisp Noodles
Gai See Chow Mein (With Shredded Chicken)$0.65 – $1.20
Hah Yuke Chow Mein (With Prawns)$0.65 – $1.20
Hai Yuke Chow Mein (With Crab Meat)$0.65 – $1.20
Cha Siew Chow Mein (With Barbecued Pork)$0.50 – $0.95
Fo Ker Ngow Yuke Chow Mein (With Tomatoes and Beef)$0.50 – $0.95
Heong Soon Chow Mein (With Mushrooms)$0.65 – $1.20
Hung Ngon Gai Chow Mein (With Almonds and Chicken)$0.90 – $1.70
Sang Gai See Chow Mein (With Fresh Chicken)$0.90 – $1.70
Gon Lo Mein (SOFT NOODLES WITH BROWN SAUCE)
Gai See Gon Lo Mein (With Shredded Chicken)$0.75 – $1.40
Hah Yuke Gon Lo Mein (With Prawns)$0.65 – $1.20
Ho Yow Ngow Yuke Gon Lo Mein (With Sliced Beef, Oyster Sauce)$0.55 – $1.00
Hai Yuke Gon Lo Mein (With Crab Meat)$0.65 – $1.20
Fon Ker Ngow Yuke Gon Lo Mein (With Tomatoes and Beef)$0.50 – $0.95
Suey Mein (PLAIN BOILED NOODLES)
Gai See Suey Mein (With Shredded Chicken)$0.40
Cha Siew Suey Mein (With Barbecued Pork)$0.25
Woh Mein (SOUP NOODLES)
Yung Woh Mein (With Ham, Chicken and Shrimps)$0.75 – $1.40
Yuke See Woh Mein (With Sliced Pork)$0.55 – $1.00
Gai Woh Mein (With Chicken)$0.65 – $1.20
Wah Yeen Yee Foo Mein (CATHAY HOUSE SPECIAL NOODLES IN THICK SOUP)
Gai See Yee Foo Mein (With Shredded Chicken, Diced Duck & Ham)$0.75 – $1.40
Opp Gung Yee Foo Mein (In Duck Soup with Shredded Chinese Ham)$0.75 – $1.40
Seen Hah Yee Foo Mein (With Prawns and Shredded Chinese Ham)$0.65 – $1.20
Yuke See Yee Foo Mein (With Sliced Pork and Vegetables)$0.65 – $1.20
Woh Won Ton (CHINESE RAVIOLI IN SOUP)
Gai See Won Ton (With Shredded Chicken)$0.40
Cha Siew Won Ton (With Barecued Pork)$0.35
Sup Gum Won Ton (With Mixed Vegetables and Sliced Meat)$0.35
Opp See Won Ton (With Duck)$0.40
Ngow Yuke Won Ton (Sliced Beef)$0.35
Teem Seen Jow Won Ton (With Giblet Sweet and Sour Sauce)$0.65 – $1.20
Gai (CHICKEN)
*GAI TUN YEEN (Whole Boned Chicken stuffed with Select Bird's Nest0$4.50
**LING NAM YUKE SEE GAI (Layered Breast of Chicken, Ham, Chinese Broccoli Center)$3.75
Hop To Gai Ding (Chicken Dices with Walnut Halves)$0.85
Heong Soon Gai Kow (Chicken with Chinese Mushrooms)$0.85
Ja Gee Gai (Fried Chicken a la Cathay)$0.75
Bok Jom Gai (Boiled Chicken)$0.50
Bo Lo Gai (Chicken en Joint with Pineapple0$0.75
Chow Gai Peen (Chicken Filet with Mushrooms and Vegetables)$0.75
Ga Lay Gai (Chicken en Joint, Curried)$0.75
See Yow Gai (Chicken Cooked in Soyo)$0.50
Fon Ger Gai Kow (Chicken en Joint with Tomatoes$0.75
*Must be ordered four hours in advance)
(**Must be ordered 10 hours in advance)
Opp (DUCK)
**KA LAW OPP (Whole Barbecued Peking Duck, served with Steamed Layer Buns)$5.00
*OPP TUN YEEN (Whole Boned Duck stuffed with Select Bird's Nest0$4.50
Woh Siew Opp (Braised Duck with Mushrooms)$0.85
*Doong Goo Opp (Steamed Duck with Mushrooms)$0.85
*Gaw Pay Opp (Steamed Duck with Orange Peel)$0.85
*Sai Woh Opp (Braised Steamed Duck stuffed with Vegetables)$0.85
(**Must be ordered ten hours in advance)
*(Must be ordered four hours in advance)
Bok Opp Tun Yeen$1.50
Hoong Siew Bok Opp$0.85
Sang Jow Bok Opp (Fresh Squab, Deep Fried)$0.85
Ga Lay Hah Kow$0.50
Fon Ker Hah Kow$0.45
Foo Yung Don (Chinese Barbecued Pork Omelet)$0.40
Chinese Baby Almond, Sesame, Fortune, Rice or Assorted Cookies$0.25
ORIGINAL LICHEE, GINGER OR CHINESE FRUIT ICE CREAM$0.15
imported Preserved Lichees (per tin)$0.50
Glazed Chinese Fruits in Syrup$0.20
LEEN GEE WUEY SOM DING (Lotus Nuts, Mushrooms, Water Chestnut Combination)$0.60
Foo Yung Hah (Chinese Shrimp Omelet) Foo Yung Hai (Chinese Crab Omelet)$0.50
Yow Yeem Bok Choy (White Vegetable Cooked with Peanut Oil and Salt)$0.35
Lon Dow Ma Tai (Water Chestnuts with Chinese Sugar Peas)$0.35
Gna Choy Chow Doong Goo (Bean Sprouts with Sliced Mushrooms)$0.35
Gum Ngon Goo (Button and Chinese Mushrooms with Oyster Sauce)$0.75
Jook Soon Wuey Goong Goo (Bamboo Shoots and Mushrooms)$0.50
Foo Yung Don (Chinese Barbecued Pork Omelet)$0.40
Sup Gum Gwa Choy Jop (Combination Vegetables Celery, Water Chestnut, Bamboo Shoots, etc.)$0.40
Sewer Choy Cha Siew (Chinese Cabbage with Pork)$0.40
Chow Joon See (Tiensin Vermicelli with Meat or Shrimps)$0.40
Faw Tuey Dow Don (Scrambled Eggs with Ham and Peas)$0.50
Gai Lon Yuke (Diced Chinese Broccoli with Pork or Beef)$0.40
Gai Lon Soong (Diced Chinese Broccoli)$0.35
Ho Yow Ngow Yuke (Sliced Beef with Oyster Sauce)$0.40
Ma Tai yuke (Chinese Water Chestnuts, Mushrooms and Meat)$0.50
Gai Fon (Chicken Steamed with Rice en Casserole)$0.70
Heong Soon Jop (Sliced Mushrooms, Vegetables and Meat)$0.55
Lon Dow Hah Kow (Chinese Sugar Peas with Prawns)$0.50
Lon Dow Yuke (Chinese Sugar Peas with Meat)$0.40
Bok Opp Fon (Squab Steamed with Rice en Casserole)$0.70
Mgah Choy Jop (Combination Vegetables with Bean Sprouts and Pork)$0.50
Chow Yuke (Sliced Port Tenderloin with Vegetables)$0.40
Hai Yuke Chow Fon (Crab Meat and Fried Rice)$0.50
Teem Seen Pai Gwut (Sweet and Sour Spareribs)$0.40
Teem Seen Pai Gwut (Sweet and Sour Spareribs)$0.40
Faw Tuey Don Fon (Diced Ham and Fried Rice)$0.50
Ho Yow Ngow Yuke Fon (Sliced Beef and Oyster Sauce with Rice)$0.50
Hah Yuke Chow Fon (Prawns, Fried Rice)$0.50
Cha Siew Chow Fon (Barbecued Pork and Fried Rice)$0.35
Bok Fon (Steamed China Rice)$0.10
Sum Gum Hah Kow$0.45
Jow Dai Hah$0.45
Don (EGGS) (All Foo Yung or Chinese Omelettes Contain Bean Sprouts)
Fon (RICE)
Choy Yeen Hah Kow$0.45
How Yow Bow Peen$0.50
**DOONG GWA JOONG (Whole Winter Melon Cup Steamed with Diced Chicken, Bamboo Shoots and Vegetables)$4.50
Chow Yee Peen$0.50
*BIK YUKE LEEN GEE (Walnut Halves with Diced Chicken and Livers Surrounded with Crab Rolls)$1.50
*YEONG DOONG GOO (Stuffed Chinese Mushrooms)$1.85
Hop To Gai Ding (Diced Chicken and Almonds)$0.85
Curried Prawns$0.50
Fried Large Prawns$0.45
Prawns cooked with Tomatoes$0.45
Prawns Cooked with Vegetables$0.45
Leaf of White Vegetables with Prawns$0.45
Filet of Cod with Vegetables$0.50
Sliced Abalone with Oyster Sauce$0.50
Foo Jook Hoong Siew Yee$0.75
Braised Fish with Skimmed Bean Milk Flakes$0.75
Shark Fins in Concentrated Chicken Soup$0.85
Whole Boned Squab, stuffed with Select Bird's Nest$1.50

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