peanut allergy

Some of the restaurants at high-end hotels would be able to accommodate you - obviously not suitable for everyday dining, but perhaps ok for a special treat.

Sorry for my late reply. I've checked with some food consultants and there is no such a list of restaurant regarding to special diets at the moment. Lots of restaurants use peanut oil in HK.



Safer choices (contact the restaurants for detail in advance)

Japanese sashimi, sushi, soba...

Chinese hotpot, all types of raw and fresh ingredients, avoid processed ingredient like meat balls.



Higher risk

Cooked Chinese foods (peanut oil for cooking)

South Asian dishes like Thai, Viet, Malay (peanut for satay, curry...)


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Matilda International Hospital

Hong Kong

My daughter has anaphylactic peanut allergy. With caution, we do eat at restaurants. We carry an epi pen. She has never had a reaction during two years in China, knock on wood. For what it's worth, our allergist doesn't care so much about food cooked in peanut oil , so long as the oil has been mass produced (highly processed). He said oil that has been run produced in a factory environment is extremely unlikely to contain trace amount of peanut protein. Hand pressed oil, on the other hand, is more likely to contain bits of peanut and would be much more dangerous (the allergy is to the protein, not the oil). In any event, good communication is crucial, double checking for yourself, and also planning for possible emergency. Before coming to China, I read that 50% of peanut allergy deaths actually occur about ten hours after the initial attack, during a rebound episode occuring hours after the patient has been released from the hospital. Anyway, as to how we cope, here is the link to my previous post:

http://beijing.asiaxpat.com/forums/medical/threads/77000.asp

Maybe we're foolhardy, but I hate to deprive everyone in the family of Chinese cuisine when so many dishes obviously have no traces of peanut and I don't see peanut "everywhere" (in contrast to my expectation before arriving).