At the Pekin Noodle Parlor in Butte, history’s on the menu

On a visit to Butte early last fall, I heard two things over and over again. One was that Danny Wong’s hot mustard at the Pekin Noodle Parlor would clear your sinuses.

The other was that the Chinese in early-day Butte had built tunnels under much of the Uptown and used them for a variety of nefarious purposes, including drug-running and kidnapping.

One man I met at the Pekin told me about both. Gary Taylor, a Butte native now living in Whitehall, was having a late supper with Aileen Ast, a lifelong resident of Butte. They’d both been coming to the Pekin all their lives, and on the evening in question they were feasting on fried rice, sweet-and-sour spare ribs, bowls of noodles, sweet-and-sour pork and barbecued pork with the hot mustard.

Taylor said he’s eaten Chinese food all over the country and the Pekin is still his favorite. Also, he said, pointing to the hot mustard, "If you have sinus problems, you won’t after that."

By: Ed Kemmick

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