I then met the lovely Cara Satmoko, an Indonesian architect, who sourced all the antiques and stone for Rory. We worked together amongst the dust, builders and carpenters and attended numerous hard hat parties festooned with building site safety lights as the opening dates came and went. We all managed to create a very successful exotic and fun environment which subsequently others have aspired to but with nothing like the same success.

Chinawhite's success was a surprise even to the owners as within two weeks of opening, there was a two hour queue at the door almost every night.

Chinawhite's founder Rory "no rules" Keegan at home styled by Melanie Fisher Photo Clive Frost 1999