Terry Lim gets angry when he talks about Chinatown.
“We can boast about the oldest Chinese community in Europe and the arch,” he says, sitting inside Yuet Ben Restaurant on the corner of Upper Duke Street, “but there is nothing that supports or takes advantage of that asset.” Looking out of the business’ front windows, the arch faces back as Terry laments the downturn of his beloved home for more than 40 years.
Since he and his wife took over the oldest Chinese Restaurant in the city from his father-in-law, Terry, 67, has had the perfect vantage point of the arch and a unique perspective of Liverpool's Chinatown. When he arrived in the city from Malaysia in 1978, the area was “bustling” with everything from grocery stores to restaurants providing lunch service.
