6 day trips worth the trip across Hong Kong, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Hong Kong guides.
Tai O Fishing Village (Lantau) ★ 4.6 · Hong Kong
Tai O fishing village on Lantau Island is a 400 year old shrimp paste centre with stilt houses on tidal flats, the boardwalks lined with drying trays.
Tip: Tai O Lookout restaurant uses the village's shrimp paste in its fried rice; the boat tour is the way to see stilt houses.
Macau (egg tarts at Lord Stow's) ★ 4.5 · Hong Kong
Macau is an hour by ferry from Sheung Wan, with Lord Stow's Bakery in Coloane Village baking the Portuguese-style pastel de nata egg tart that became.
Tip: Bring your passport, day return is doable. Take the bus from the ferry terminal to Coloane Village.
Cheung Chau Island ★ 4.4 · Hong Kong
Cheung Chau Island is a 55 minute fast ferry south west of Central, with car free lanes lined with seafood stalls, fish ball carts and the bakeries that make.
Tip: Pak Tai Temple and the bun towers are the festival site; mango mochi from the island's bakeries is the year round move.
Lamma Island (Sok Kwu Wan) ★ 4.3 · Hong Kong
Lamma Island's Sok Kwu Wan pier is lined with Cantonese seafood restaurants serving steamed clams, salt and pepper crab and razor clams pulled from the tanks.
Tip: Walk the trail from Yung Shue Wan to Sok Kwu Wan (90 minutes) to earn dinner; book Rainbow Seafood ahead.
Sai Kung Seafood Street ★ 4.3 · Hong Kong
Sai Kung Seafood Street in the New Territories is lined with tanks of live fish and crustaceans you can pick and have cooked at the restaurant.
Tip: Chuen Kee and Loaf On are the popular options; agree the price by weight before you pick.
Peng Chau Island ★ 4.2 · Hong Kong
Peng Chau is a 40 minute ferry from Central, a tiny Hakka fishing island with seafood villages, Cantonese tofu pudding shops and a Saturday market that draws.
Tip: Take an early morning ferry; the Hakka snack shops sell out by mid afternoon and the last ferry runs late.