Sign, Trade
Production date
1950s-1967
Description
A wooden menu board from Ping's Pie Cart. The front of the board is painted white and it has a red decorative heading "Meals". "MENU" is written in black on yellow on the top left facing corner and "PLEASE PAY WHEN/ SERVED!" is written in the same way in the bottom right facing corner. Menu items and prices are listed in two columns divided by a red line. The prices of the menu items have been altered. "(ALL SERVED WITH TEA OR COFFEE)/6D Extra After Midnight & On Holidays/& Weekends./ "OPEN 5.30P.M. EVERY NIGHT./SUNDAY 4p.m. to 12-30a.m" is written below the menu items. "DAISY MANU/41 Lemon Street/New Plymouth" is hand written in marker pen on the reverse.
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Object detail
Legend has it that the food was so good the hungry souls regularly used to send an empty taxi to pick up an order on the strength of his fried sandwiches alone.
Public comments
Henry Leong was Ping Choy Leong's son, not his nephew.
- Wendy Leong posted 8 years ago.