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Best places to eat in Sai Kung, from seafood and dim sum to pastries with a cult following

Everything you could ever want is served in Sai Kung – pastries, congee, dim sum, seafood, Thai and Western fare – if you know where to look

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Golden Mountain Congee in Sai Kung’s Old Town is one of the many restaurants worth a visit in the New Territories town. Photo: Kylie Knott

The sound of a spatula striking metal echoes down an alleyway as a chef expertly prepares cheung fun – Cantonese steamed rice noodle rolls.

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The dim sum staple – this version is stuffed with beef and shrimp – is made fresh and at lightning speed in front of you, then drizzled with a sweet soy sauce, at Golden Mountain Congee (G/F, 21 Main Street, Sai Kung, tel 2792 1835) in Hong Kong’s New Territories.

Congee is also on the restaurant’s short menu, the savoury rice porridge a perfect companion for cheung fun.

But for many of those who visit Sai Kung for its beaches, marine parks and access to a Unesco Global Geopark, Golden Mountain Congee is likely to fly under the radar.

The restaurant is hidden amid the warren of alleyways that make up Sai Kung’s Old Town, a neighbourhood that receives less attention than the town’s waterfront promenade.

Boats line Sai Kung’s waterfront promenade. Photo: Kylie Knott
Boats line Sai Kung’s waterfront promenade. Photo: Kylie Knott

While it was the focus of a two-year, HK$10 million, government-driven revitalisation that ended in 2010, business owners say it needs a fresh push.

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