London's 'temples of gastronomy' improvise to survive COVID-19

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Andrew Wong knew from an early age that running a restaurant required improvisation, having watched his parents steer their London Chinese restaurant through nearly 30 years of good times and bad.

FILE PHOTO: Andrew Wong, Michelin starred chef at A. Wong, prepares food at his restaurant for the elderly and needy, as as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in London, Britain, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

“You will see a lot of restaurants beginning to diversify,” Wong told Reuters in his A. Wong restaurant in Pimlico, central London, the same building where his parents were based. Britain’s restaurants, once the butt of jokes for Europeans, flourished over recent decades but the coronavirus lockdown has choked them of cash, leaving many owners with high debts, London rents and a bleak future.

“Masked up, gloved up in front of house: you’re putting up a psychological barrier. The job for myself and the team is to come up with possible solutions,” he said.

 

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