One of Tianjin's most famous halal lamb restaurants, Hong Bin Lou, was founded in 1853. According to the owners, the restaurant set up a Beijing branch in 1955 at the suggestion of Premier Zhou Enlai. Following its Beijing debut, Hong Bin Lou was frequently patronized by prominent Chinese leaders. In 1963, China's pre-eminent official academician Guo Moruo penned a poem celebrating the restaurant; the poem, written in his stolid calligraphy, is now displayed in the foyer of the premises in Beijing's Xicheng District, where Hong Bin Lou relocated in 1998. Today its menu still boasts some of the standards of halal Beijing cuisine, including halal Peking duck (prepared according to Muslim dietary law), shuan yangrou (scalded lamb) and feiniu huoguo (succulent beef crock-pot).
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