Favourite Hong Kong New Territories restaurants of a business founder who grew up there

Raised on noodle shop and street stall food, Kiri Sinclair names her favourite restaurants in Hong Kong’s New Territories and elsewhere

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Hong Kong-born Kiri Sinclair at Royal China Pearl in Tai Po. Raised in the city’s New Territories, many of her favourite restaurants are there. Photo: Kiri Sinclair

Published: 12:15pm, 1 Aug 2024

Hong Kong-born Kiri Sinclair is the founder and CEO of marketing and public relations firm, Sinclair Communications, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. She spoke to Andrew Sun.

I grew up in the New Territories in Hong Kong. Eating at my local traditional dai pai dong street stalls or noodle shop was the norm for us. I eat and enjoy most things, but Cantonese is my favourite, followed by anything Asian. I couldn’t live without rice.

On the weekends, I like to be out of the city. I head to Tap Mun, or Grass Island, with friends for New Hon Kee (4 Tap Mun Hoi Pong Street, Tap Mun. Tel: 2328 2428).

Run by friend Pekki Lam, this island-casual restaurant serves the best seafood thanks to chef Alan Cheung Wai-lun. After lunch, walk around the island and meet the resident cows grazing up on the hill.

Seafood in New Hon Kee on Tap Mun. Photo: Google Maps

When I lived in Sha Tin in the 1980s and 1990s, we often went to Shatin Inn Restaurant (7.5 milestone, Tai Po Road, Sha Tin. Tel: 2691 1425) on Sundays and watched Hong Kong’s well-minted roll up in their expensive cars, wearing tennis whites and with dog in tow.

Shatin Inn is the place I go after a walk in Kam Shan Country Park. The best dishes are gado-gado, rendang daging, curry chicken and, of course, the satay. Actually, every dish is amazing. Close your eyes and imagine 60 or more years back before the highways and urban planning.