China Club

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The China Club (traditional Chinese: 中國會) is a retro-chic, Shanghai-style club in Hong Kong. Business deals are made and discussed in its private rooms. It's not to be mistaken with the club in New York City.

The owner is 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 will be unique in many ways:-

The food will be a selection of everything that embodies the traditional Chinese food found over Hong Kong. In particular, mono-sodium glutimate will be completely banned. Traditional breakfast (from 7:30 a.m.) of congee and oil-sticks and dim-sum similar to those found in street stalls will be served; wholesome home-cooking and superb haute cuisine as well as slightly westernised-oriental food like that of Tai Ping Koon will be offered at lunches and dinners; and during tea-time, western toasts and tea and coffee strongly brewed in muslin with egg-shells will be available. From 10 p.m. to midnight, snacks of congee, noodles and sweets will also be served. The banqueting menus will also offer a variety of regional cooking of China thereby creating some very innovative menus.

The decorations will bring back the old charm of a traditional Chinese tea-house, with solid back-wood furniture and very comfortable and deep arm-chairs in freshly starched covers. All the floors will be highly polished oak boards and the lighting, including overhead electric fans, will be reminiscent of the thirties in Shanghai.

The 13th floor will be the main dining room with banquettes lined with faded leather and Chinese dining tables in black wood with marble tops. All the chairs will have comfortable cushions. The 14th floor will consist of 7 private rooms and a Long March Bar, the rooms partitions can be opened up 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 will consist of 5 private suites in which games of cards and mah-jong can be played. It will also house a library of an excellent collection of some several thousand volumes of books on China and all aspects of Chinese art, culture, history, religion and literature.

Many of the waiters and waitresses will be over forty and highly experienced in serving club's members loyally. They will be especially trained to familiarize themselves with individual members.

Those Members wishing to play cards or mah-jong will not have to face limits of time nor orders of night-snacks as there will be a resident night-watchman and the kitchen will always be staffed whenever necessary.

Although the Club will be decorated in a very traditional Chinese setting, there will be many paintings and works of art by contemporary Chinese artists. Many of these works will be purchased by the Club and a number will be on loan from Club's members. They will greatly enhance the surroundings and be a source of great enjoyment to members and guests.