Damenlou Hotel (

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: 大门楼旅店) was a small

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located at Ann Siang Road, in

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, within the Central Area of

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. Damenlou Hotel's origins can be traced to the creation of the dish of fishhead mifen (rice

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), which was invented by Tang Kwong Swee in the 1920s. The hotel had a famous restaurant, named ''Swee Kee''. By mid-2007, Damenlou Hotel had ceased operations. Its premises have been taken over by the ''Screening Room'', a dining and entertainment venue with bistro, movie theatre and rooftop bar. Accompanying this change, the hotel facade and interior have been heavily renovated."MIW - Screening Room"
, miw.com.sg

References

External links

Screening Room website
Hotels in Singapore Chinatown, Singapore Outram, Singapore 2007 disestablishments in Singapore {{Hotels in Singapore