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Why Do Hong Kong Restaurants Serve Borscht?

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As many as 20,000 Russian refugees passed through Hong Kong in the 20th century. They left behind a fascinating historic legacy.

Stanley Yu sips a coffee and looks around at the restaurant his family has owned for 65 years. “Queen’s Café is not just a restaurant to me,” he says. “I grew up with it. I remember my grandfather coming home from work with the smell of the kitchen on his body.” This isn’t exactly the same restaurant that Yu’s grandfather opened in 1952. That first location was a few blocks away, on King’s Road in North Point. Since then, Queen’s Café has expanded to three other branches, though a few touches of the original remain. “These are the lights from the original restaurant,” says Yu, pointing to…

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