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Item: The Chinese Library
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Author: vivtsang

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26225

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$401-800

Guangdong Beijing Dim Sum Salt & Sugar Reduction Restaurant

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Restaurant:	The Chinese Library

To promote a new salt and sugar reduction (RSS) dietary culture and living style to the people of Hong Kong, the Environment and Ecology Bureau, the Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food and the Centre for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department have launched the "Less-Salt-and-Sugar Restaurants Scheme" ("Scheme"). Restaurants participated in the Scheme will offer less salt or sugar options to the consumer or even tailor-make less salt or sugar dishes in designated restaurants. Participating restaurants will be granted with the Scheme Labels for displaying in the premises for public identification. For details, please click here: https://www.eeb.gov.hk/food/en/committees/crss/restaurants.html

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Another excellent meal at Chinese Library. Tried many new dishes tonight - marinated brisket, the green pepper in black bean sauce, the Peking Duck and the stir fried wagyu beef. Brisket was tender w balanced flavor. The black bean sauce went well w the pepper and not salty at all. The duck was juicy and the skin was crisp. The pancake was paper thin (probably the best of all the places I tried). Beef was tender and not over cooked.

Good food and ambience but service was another story.

Restaurant was told about our friend’s allergy to seafood. Half way into the tofu soup, my friend asked if the soup was seafood free. He said it was a vegan soup. Then my friend questioned the orange topping and wanted to confirm again. He finally went into the kitchen and checked w the chefs. He came back out and told us the topping was “crab roe”. My friend freaked out and immediately left the restaurant and headed home for allergy pill. They were apologetic but a bit too late. Servers need to know what goes into each dish to avoid fatal incidents...