新金湖海鮮菜館

There are lots of spots /​islands in Hong Kong where you can find Hongkie style seafood, and most of them are of high quality. They could be differentiated though — the seafood at Lamma Island and Sai Kung are more targeting the tourists /​«gwai lo», providing more luxurious items like lobsters /​deep-​sea fishes /​big clams etc. And Sai Kung got some Michelin starred restaurants, more high-​end in fact. So how about Cheung Chau? The seafood restaurants along the praya are all filled with locals as they provide economic choices of seafoods (of cos there are more expensive ones with a «market price»). These are more «friendly» to the locals who want to have some casual seafood while having an outing to the island. It’s a no-​brainer to order — most of these restaurants have set lunch menu for 2, for 4 for 6 and so on. We targeted to try another restaurant but it was closed (on a Sunday!), so we walked in this新金湖海鮮菜館. As the main menu items are all so affordable, we ordered a la carte so we can have all our favorite items on the table. We have ordered bamboo clam, deep fried bombay duck (九肚鱼), a steam fish and fried rice. I’m amazed of the huge portion of all the dishes, that’s overwhelming for 2 person. I think I will come back, maybe in autumn when the weather is less hot.