Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Recent news from Modernize: still going strong


Recent media coverage of tailor Renzo Montagliani's looming retirement has set our customers in a tizzy.

If Renzo is retiring, then Bill and Jack must be too.

Well, we haven't. Winding down, yes, but retiring -- we're not quite ready.

So come by the "new" shop at 5 West Pender in Vancouver and say hello to us and the new studio/workshop. And while your visiting, consider perusing a copy of the memoir/cookbook, Wong Family Feast.

WFF was written by our niece Joanna Claire Wong. It recounts our father's, Wong Kung Lai's, journey from the village of Sam Lok Lei in China to Vancouver and from working as a houseboy to becoming a master tailor.

And, of course, it tells the story of Modernize Tailors and the family that grew around it.

It also includes our favourite family recipes including Zoe Wong's Low Bak Gow Cake, turnip cake. If all this reading requires you to let your pants out, well, luckily you've come to the right place.