A taste of the past: Historically themed restaurants and social memory in Singapore

Food and Foodways in Asia: Resource, Tradition and Cooking

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 115-128

  Suen, Wong Hong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

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EID: 85145536234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203947128-17     Document Type: Chapter

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