Indulging in gourmet while exploring the South East
1. Hong Kong Episode Part 5 Lei Yue Mun
Dining, Sightseeing and Shopping
Thurday, 2023/3/30
Our family has a passion for seafoods. Our father was a gourmand. From when I was 6 years old, he brought our family to Lei Yue Mun, Lau Fau Shan, Sai Kung to enjoy seafoods. However, we went to Lei Yue Mun most often. When he was still alive, we, his sons and daughters, invited him to Lung Yue Restaurant in Lei Yue Mun to celebrate his birthday every year. However, Lung Yue was shut down three years ago. He brought us to enjoy the best cuisines in restaurants like Mui Kong Hakka Restaurant, Chuen Cheung Gui Hakka Restaurant , Chung King Beijing Restaurant, American Restaurant so on. When I was a kid, we took the Walla-Walla boat from Sai Wan Ho Pier to Lei Yue Mun. Walla-Walla was an engine starting electric boat. It was also called "electric small boat" or "water taxi".
Lei Yue Mun is a short channel in Hong Kong. It lies between Junk Bay and Victoria Harbour, separating Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The channel is an important passage for the city, forming the eastern entrance of Victoria Harbour.
The lands around the channel are also called Lei Yue Mun. On Kowloon side, it is famous for its seafood market and restaurants in the fishing villages. On the Hong Kong Island side, it has former military defence facilities.The villages of Lei Yue Mun are some of Hong Kong’s oldest settlements for a reason. They sit at the narrowest point in the harbour, and for centuries have been a haven for seafarers and their families. At first, there were pirates; they were eventually replaced by fishermen and miners who worked in the nearby quarries. Today, Lei Yue Mun is a favourite stop for seafood lovers, but it offers even more than fresh fish and razor clams.
Although it feels a world apart from the hustle of urban Hong Kong, Lei Yue Mun is just a short walk from MTR Yau Tong Station. You will know you have arrived when you spot the fishing boats moored in the Sam Ka Tsuen typhoon shelter.
Another way of getting there, take the MTR to Sai Wan Ho, exit and walk by Tai On Building to Sai Wan Ho Ferry Pier in about 5 minutes. Take the Coral Sea Ferry to Sam Ka Tsuen Ferry Pier, Lei Yue Mun.
Lei Yue Mun is a short channel in Hong Kong. It lies between Junk Bay and Victoria Harbour, separating Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The channel is an important passage for the city, forming the eastern entrance of Victoria Harbour.
The lands around the channel are also called Lei Yue Mun. On Kowloon side, it is famous for its seafood market and restaurants in the fishing villages. On the Hong Kong Island side, it has former military defence facilities.The villages of Lei Yue Mun are some of Hong Kong’s oldest settlements for a reason. They sit at the narrowest point in the harbour, and for centuries have been a haven for seafarers and their families. At first, there were pirates; they were eventually replaced by fishermen and miners who worked in the nearby quarries. Today, Lei Yue Mun is a favourite stop for seafood lovers, but it offers even more than fresh fish and razor clams.
Although it feels a world apart from the hustle of urban Hong Kong, Lei Yue Mun is just a short walk from MTR Yau Tong Station. You will know you have arrived when you spot the fishing boats moored in the Sam Ka Tsuen typhoon shelter.
Another way of getting there, take the MTR to Sai Wan Ho, exit and walk by Tai On Building to Sai Wan Ho Ferry Pier in about 5 minutes. Take the Coral Sea Ferry to Sam Ka Tsuen Ferry Pier, Lei Yue Mun.
Schedule
Depart From: Depart From:
Sai Wan Ho Pier Sam Ka Tsuen Pier
From there, a pedestrian promenade takes you into a covered arcade lined by tanks of live sea creatures.
If you are in the mood for seafood, the procedure is simple. Find a restaurant and inspect their tank. Do you feel like lobster? Crab? Mantis Shrimp ? Grouper? Clams? They’re all there, kept alive in seawater. You just need to point at whatever is making your stomach grumble and the restaurant staff will fetch your dinner, take it to the kitchen and prepare it in classic Cantonese fashion.
There are dozens of seafood restaurants in Lei Yue Mun and competition is fierce, but a few stand out above the rest.
If you are in the mood for seafood, the procedure is simple. Find a restaurant and inspect their tank. Do you feel like lobster? Crab? Mantis Shrimp ? Grouper? Clams? They’re all there, kept alive in seawater. You just need to point at whatever is making your stomach grumble and the restaurant staff will fetch your dinner, take it to the kitchen and prepare it in classic Cantonese fashion.
There are dozens of seafood restaurants in Lei Yue Mun and competition is fierce, but a few stand out above the rest.
Lung Mun Seafood Restaurant founded in 1967, 40 years of history, is one of the oldest seafood restaurants in Lei Yue Mun. It is famous for Cantonese seafood. Its signature dishes are Baked Cheese Lobsters, Hua Diao Wine Egg White Steamed Crab, Soya Sauce Fried Prawns and, Salt and Pepper Mantis Shrimps.
Gateway Cuisine is known for having the best view, thanks to its unobstructed waterfront location.
Happy Seafood Restaurant is praised for its baked lobster with cheese and steamed scallops with garlic and glass noodles.
Lung Tang Restaurant makes an excellent Chiu Chow-style cold flower crab.
After dinner, don’t forget “Shui Heung Yuen for some sweets” . Founded by confectioner Lee Kui in 1957, the shop is known for Chinese-style pastries like wife cakes, coconut cakes and almond cakes.
Gateway Cuisine is known for having the best view, thanks to its unobstructed waterfront location.
Happy Seafood Restaurant is praised for its baked lobster with cheese and steamed scallops with garlic and glass noodles.
Lung Tang Restaurant makes an excellent Chiu Chow-style cold flower crab.
After dinner, don’t forget “Shui Heung Yuen for some sweets” . Founded by confectioner Lee Kui in 1957, the shop is known for Chinese-style pastries like wife cakes, coconut cakes and almond cakes.
G/F, 20 Hoi Pong Road West, Lei Yue Mun
▲ Baked Cheese Lobsters
▲ Hua Diao Wine Egg White Steamed Crab
▲ Soya Sauce Fried Prawns ▲ Steam Shrimps
▲ Salt and Pepper Mantis Shrimp
▲ Gateway Cuisine
G/F, 58A Praya Road Central, Lei Yue Mun
▲ Salt & Pepper Mantis Shrimp
▲ Happiness Seafood Restaurant
G/F, 53A Praya Road Central, Lei Yue Mun
▲ King Crab
▲ Baked Cheese Lobster
▲ Garlic Glass Noodle Fan Scallops
▲ Lung Tang Restaurant
G/F, 1-2 Praya Road Central, Lei Yue Mun
▲ Chiu Chow Cold Crabs
G/F, 59 Praya Road Central, Lei Yue Mun
After enjoying yummy seafoods, buy some desserts for after dinner delights or gifts.
There are 3 famous old bakeries in Lei Yue Mun such as Shui Heung Yuen Bakery, Nin Heung Yuen Bakery, Shiu Heung Yuen Bakery. Let me introduce to you one by one.
There are 3 famous old bakeries in Lei Yue Mun such as Shui Heung Yuen Bakery, Nin Heung Yuen Bakery, Shiu Heung Yuen Bakery. Let me introduce to you one by one.
▲ Shui Heung Yuen Bakery 瑞香園餅家
Founded by confectioner Lee Kui in 1957, the shop is known for Chinese-style pastries like wife cakes, coconut cakes and almond cakes.
Address: No. 41C, Praya Road, Lei Yue Mun
Recommendations: hand made double deck egg rolls, wife cakes
I bought several boxes of hand made egg rolls and Walnut cookies to bring back to Vancouver for gifts.
▲ Wife Cakes
▲ Hand Made Egg Rolls
▲ Nin Heung Yuen Bakery 年香園餅家
Address: No.43D, Praya Road, Central, Lei Yue Mun
Recommendations: walnut cookies, coriander egg rolls, chicken cakes, pork/beef jerky, honey walnuts, fragrant crunchy egg rolls.
▲ Chicken Cakes ▲ Honey Walnuts,
Beef Jerks
▲ Hand Made Egg Rolls
▲ Shiu Heung Yuen Bakery 紹香園餅家
Address: No.45, Praya Road, Lei Yue Mun
Recommendations: signature walnuts, nuts, egg rolls, phoenix rolls, peanut candy, Semen Coicis white sugar biscuit
▲ Hand Made Egg Rolls
▲ Chicken Cakes
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Hong Kong Episode Part 6 Tsim Sha Tsui
Dining, Sightseeing & Shopping
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