Sai Kung Promenade and Seafood Street

Sai Kung Promenade and Seafood Street

Sai Kung Promenade and Seafood Street
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Jul 2023
My wife wanted sea food, especially scallops and razor clams cooked with soy source and thin Chinese vermicelli. Though I know good places in the city, I took her to San Kung because the weather was so good to have fresh air. At the waterfront, there were a number of seafood restaurants and we chose Kam Kee as it looked clean and fine and there were many foreign people eating. Looking at the scene, I thought it would be a bit expensive. But as a foreign tourist, it would be safe place with English speaking service people. We chose 2 pieces of small geoduck clams (to be steamed with soy sour and vermicelli), 2 pieces of steamed razor clams (to be steamed with soy sour and vermicelli), a reasonably plateful amount of small clams (to be steamed with black bean source), a plate of vegetable and fried rice. Generally the food was good but not excellent. When we checked out, I was astonished at the bill amounting to HKD 1005!!! So I asked for details and was surprised at that they charged vermicelli at HKD 41. At that price, I'd rather have wanton noodle at the very famous restaurant at Central. I don't believe that the raw materials of HKD 450 was fair, either. On the street, they advertise 2 person course at below HKD 300 per person. The set menu list looked long. We were not that hungry so we ordered a la carte. The fried rice at HKD 128 and vegetable at HKD 98 were relatively cheap compared with the sea food. Please be noted that they charge seafood material and cooking fee separately. At the end of the menu book, there are pages of complex matrix of cooking fee. Please share your experience so that I could know what I have done wrong.

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SK
7 contributions
Jul 2023
My wife wanted sea food, especially scallops and razor clams cooked with soy source and thin Chinese vermicelli. Though I know good places in the city, I took her to San Kung because the weather was so good to have fresh air.

At the waterfront, there were a number of seafood restaurants and we chose Kam Kee as it looked clean and fine and there were many foreign people eating. Looking at the scene, I thought it would be a bit expensive. But as a foreign tourist, it would be safe place with English speaking service people.

We chose 2 pieces of small geoduck clams (to be steamed with soy sour and vermicelli), 2 pieces of steamed razor clams (to be steamed with soy sour and vermicelli), a reasonably plateful amount of small clams (to be steamed with black bean source), a plate of vegetable and fried rice.

Generally the food was good but not excellent. When we checked out, I was astonished at the bill amounting to HKD 1005!!! So I asked for details and was surprised at that they charged vermicelli at HKD 41. At that price, I'd rather have wanton noodle at the very famous restaurant at Central. I don't believe that the raw materials of HKD 450 was fair, either.

On the street, they advertise 2 person course at below HKD 300 per person. The set menu list looked long. We were not that hungry so we ordered a la carte. The fried rice at HKD 128 and vegetable at HKD 98 were relatively cheap compared with the sea food. Please be noted that they charge seafood material and cooking fee separately. At the end of the menu book, there are pages of complex matrix of cooking fee.

Please share your experience so that I could know what I have done wrong.
Written 12 July 2023
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Yan C
Hong Kong, China855 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
A local village turned into a tourist attraction. The place has plenty of good quality seafood restaurants, where you can find fresh seafood at reasonable prices. There are also restaurants serving western and Japanese food too. From the numerous piers on the seafront, tourists can ride on the shuttle boats to visit the nearby outlying islands. The place is usually very crowded during weekends and holidays. Some restaurants charge higher prices on these days too. Much better to go on a weekday.
Written 1 April 2023
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Leonhkny
Hong Kong, China14,203 contributions
Jan 2023
Sai Kung is a small town at the northeastern part of the New Territories. The waterfront as well as the seafood restaurants scattered along the promenade is the liveliest and somehow most touristy part. If live shellfish cooked in local style is not your thing, a stroll around the pier is particularly enjoyable. The only downside is chronic traffic congestion during weekends.
Written 23 January 2023
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Steve
6 contributions
Jan 2023 • Friends
Tourist trap with overpriced seafood restaurants and very poor service. Especially this Chuen Kee Seafood restaurant which was terrible. Too them an hour to service between each dish and they serve it to wrong table and reserved it to us. During these covid times, not exactly hygienic and customer service oriented. Never going to this restaurant again and would not recommend it to anyone
Written 22 January 2023
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ECWorld
Hong Kong, China2,719 contributions
Mar 2021
This is a tourist spot, and not just for foreign visitors - so there are good things to do as well as the usual tourist traps. So know what you are getting. Lots of people go for seafood - the restaurants there have been consolidated into a few large operators, and the price ranges from very reasonable for set meals for average fare, to very overpriced if you pick fresh seafood from the tanks and you do not know what you are doing (cheating on weight of seafood as well as swapping inferior fare occur regularly). There are boats selling all manners of seafood directly from the boats, and once again there are good bargains to be had if you know what you are doing. Some folks complain about lack of night life or the smell, but this is a live seafood street - there are certainly other options just a few minutes away in the streets next to the promenade.
Written 16 June 2021
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Alexia
Dún Laoghaire, Ireland9 contributions
Apr 2021
There are so much going on, in terms of live fish being butchered, some might not like it at all. And the smell, real bad.
Written 28 April 2021
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AZ
9 contributions
Mar 2021 • Family
This strip has been basking in glowing reviews. Let us tell you, this overpriced place is of no good value and views.
Written 8 April 2021
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Mairwen1
United Kingdom9,332 contributions
Feb 2021
The promenade runs along the waterfront and is lined with local seafood restaurants and collections of fish tanks with live fish, lobsters and shellfish. The unfamiliar, ‘mystery’ creatures like sea slugs, jelly fish and sea cucumbers, caught my eye.
On weekends, there is a lot of activity. Families are out and about, strolling along the promenade and the harbour is busy with speedboats, sampans, fishing boats and wooden junks. Kaitos (small ferries) will take you out to Sharp Island, Hap Mun Bay and Kiu Tsui Beach from here.
One of the most interesting sight is the floating seafood market. Fishermen sell their day’s catch directly from their boats which are tethered to the pier like a floating market. It's colourful sight. They hawk their fresh seafood to the crowd that gathers up above on the pier. A sale is made, the fish get weighed and bagged and are then hoisted up in long-poled nets to the customers.
There are a few relaxed, casual bars also, where you can sit, looking over the harbour and take it all in.
If you only have a couple of days in Hong Kong, then Sai Kung is a bit off the beaten track and it probably won’t be on your itinerary. However if you have more time, then you get to see a different side to Hong Kong. For those who are interested, there’s a lot to see. Getting to Sai Kung, from Central will take a long time by public transport and will involve a combination of MTR and buses. Taxi or uber will cost about $200.
Written 5 March 2021
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Truthful Reviews
London, UK7,450 contributions
Mar 2021 • Couples
Be you a seafood lover or not. The promenade is a cool place to be. See fresh catches of the day arriving. Take a trip to Sharp Island and walk to Half Moon Beach. Lots of quaint little shops and plenty of places to eat.
Written 3 March 2021
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BradJill
Hong Kong, China1,59,176 contributions
Apr 2020
This is one of the busiest spots of Sai Kung particularly on weekends when city residents flock to the seaside village to dine at one of the seafood restaurants that line the promenade.

While visiting the Sai Kung Promenade, do check out the local fish dealers that moor their boats below the promenade wall, forming live seafood market unlike anything you will see back home. You'll see numerous buyers and curious onlookers eagerly watching this makeshift market and a wide variety of fresh fish, shellfish and other seafood items being dealt.

Watching the transactions take place is great. Buyers put cash in small nets lifted up from the boats. Dealers prepare orders, put them in the same nets and lift them back up to buyers. It is a genuinely unique and fun little market to watch for a few minutes during visits to Sai Kung.

Other fun activities around the promenade include hiring a junk or other boat to tour the remarkable land formations that line area coastlines. This is our much under appreciated UNESCO Geo Park, where boats take passengers past impressive hexagonal volcanic columns which are found in the direction of Po Pin Chau and the around High Island East Reservoir Dam. Boats can take you out to smaller island beaches as well.
Written 27 April 2020
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