Far Flung Restaurants

Located on Hong Kong’s highest peak, Tai Mo Shan, this tea house offers fresh food at a reasonable price. The family-run restaurant is located on two levels with indoor and outdoor seating. All its dishes are self-served in a buffet style for a flat rate fee. Dishes include Hong Kong classics such a siu mai and lo mai gai.

Only accessible by boat or foot, this secret seafood

spot is one of Sai Kung’s hidden gems. Serving up fresh seafood, you overlook the crystal clear waters of Sai Kung as you dine on Classic favourites including fried squid, razor clams and Singapore noodles. Hop back on board

home, if you don’t have a boat, try trekking there instead.

Built on a concrete platform that juts into the sea, this restaurant serves up some of the freshest uni in town. Based in Leung Shuen Wan, the popular dish is only served throughout the months of March to May. It comes in a variety of dishes including sea urchin and seaweed spring rolls and sea urchin fried rice.

Trekking five hours across Lantau will take you to this classic Tai O restaurant. Located in a traditional stilt house, the crossing boat restaurant cooks fresh seafood and classic Cantonese-style stir-fries. It’s dishes also feature Tai O’s most renowned produce: shrimp paste, dried seafood and pork.

Tucked away in Sam Mun Tsai, the Royal China Aqua Garden is arguably one of the best outdoor dim sum spots in Hong Kong, with stunning water views that stretch into Plover Cove. If that isn’t enough for you, the dim sum is pretty damn good too. If you are planning to make the trip to Tai Po for sea-side dim sum, get there early as it tends to get busy on sunny days.

Serving up Hakka cuisine to hungry hikers. Chung Kee Store is a hidden gem tucked away in the north of Hong Kong in Kuk Po village. The restaurant is known for its steamed oysters, fried oyster omelette and signature duck and pork belly.