I don't know if lobster existed in Victoria England's menu, but I do know that lobster in cream sauce (usually with e-full noodles) is very common in every Chinese banquet nowadays, especially in Hong Kong and Macao.
I knew it was in reference to London as I was reading it. It feels good to see historical facts in stories instead of ppl guesstimating, it's not bad, but facts make it feel more...solid
well, I am a Chinese so I do not want to pay for the same thing twice. But in Chinese version there is a footnote: The number of prostitute comes from London in late Victorian England.(forgive my poor English)