The China Club
(traditional Chinese: ???) is a retro-chic, Shanghai-style club in Hong Kong. Business deals are made and discussed in its private rooms. (It is not to be mistaken with the club in New York City.)
The owner is Sir David Tang.
The China Club officially opened on 8th September, 1991 on the top three floors (13th/14th/15th) of the old Bank of China Building in Central. This Club is unique in many ways:-
The food is a selection of everything that embodies the traditional Chinese food found in Hong Kong. In particular monosodium glutamate (MSG) is completely banned. Traditional breakfast (from 7:30 a.m.) of congee and oil-sticks and dim-sum similar to those found in street stalls are served; wholesome home-cooking and superb haute cuisine as well as slightly western-oriental food like that of Tai Ping Koon are offered at lunches and dinners; and during tea-time, western toasts and tea and coffee strongly brewed in muslin with egg-shells are available. From 10 p.m. to midnight, snacks of congee, noodles and sweets are also served. The banqueting menus also offer a variety of regional Chinese cooking thereby creating some very innovative menus.
The decorations bring back the old charm of a traditional Chinese tea-house, with solid back-wood furniture and very comfortable and deep armchairs in freshly starched covers. The floors are highly polished oak boards and the lighting, including overhead electric fans, is reminiscent of the 1930s in Shanghai.
The 13th floor is the main dining room with banquettes lined with faded leather and Chinese dining tables in black wood with marble tops. All the chairs have comfortable cushions. The 14th floor consists of 7 private rooms and a Long March Bar. The room partitions can be opened to facilitate a lavish banqueting hall seating up to 120. The Long March Bar is available for causal lunches, happy hour drinks and night caps. The 15th floor consists of 5 private suites in which games of cards and mah-jong can be played. It also houses an excellent library of several thousand books on China and all aspects of Chinese art, culture, history, religion and literature.
Many of the waiters and waitresses have more than twenty years' experience in serving club members loyally. They are especially trained to familiarise themselves with individual members.
Members wishing to play cards or mah-jong do not face time limits or compulsory orders of night-snacks, as there is a resident night-watchman and the kitchen is always staffed whenever necessary.
Although the Club is decorated in a very traditional Chinese setting, there are many paintings and works of art by contemporary Chinese artists. Many of these have been purchased by the Club, and a number are on loan from Club members.
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