Po Lin Tea Garden restaurant c.

Andrew Suddaby
Sun, 09/05/2021 - 05:14
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Po Lin Tea Garden restaurant c.

Andrew at the tea house / restaurant in August 1981.  Compare this image with the next one of a very derelict building as seen on Google Street view (2021).

Date picture taken
1 Aug 1981
Author(s)
Andrew Suddaby
Gallery
1981 Andrew Suddaby's photos
Shows place(s)
Tea Garden and restaurant [????-c.1984]

Comments

Hi, Thank you for the good and valid suggestion.  I can see me getting into a very complicated reply!  Yes, that was the correct name but a 'new' cafe / restaurant has opened on the Western side of the monastery with what looks like the same or a very similar name.  So, for the time being, I'll retain my version of 'Po Lin Tea Garden restaurant' in an attempt to distingush between the old and the new.  On another Forum on the Internet there is a very detailed set of photographs and description of the history of the tea plantation and the associated cafe / restaurant, the latter of which appears to have been a derelict time capsule until very recent times - and maybe still is?

Rather than type the relevant information into Gwulo it might be more useful if I try to provide a link to it.   I am not sure how to do this, but this might get you there: 

Ngong Ping Tea Plantation Dormitories, Lantau, Hong Kong, August 2018 / Derelict Places - Urban Exploring Forum

Best wishes,  Andrew