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Leong Fu, Champion Of The World - Part 09 – Old Cottage Pork Chop Hits Ipoh Streets
The image at the top left above i a scan of an article from The New Sunday Times of March 29th 1987 in their "Person to Person" series. It was just one month after he and his wife opened their first stalls far as we know this was the first time that the Leong Fu new venture hit the press under the headline "Ex Wrestler Turns to Selling Pork Chops." In this article it was stressed that during his wrestling career the Leongs had travelled widely and eaten many gourmet meals thereby picking up special recipes and culinary skills along the way, Mrs Leong particularly highlighted "gravy from Germany and the best methods of preparing meat from Paris and Hong Kong". All of which are used in hiss Chicken and Pork Chop recipes.
The centre top image above is a scan of the original photograph used in the above article.
The remaining twi images are scans of an article from The Star, Section 2 of May 4th 1987, which time Old Cottage was firmly established in Ipoh. It is this article that is the basis of the story of Leon Fu which can be found in Part 1 of this series. The story is told under the headline "Chops of a Different Kind" and pictures Leong in the ring with his famous opponent King Kong and also holding up the poster that billed his first fight with the then Champion.
To go to Part 10, click here.