First dinner of the year

What’s originally planned to be a small group dinner to buzz in the new year of 2019 turned out to be a dinner for 28 people spreading over 2 big tables on January 1 in a restaurant in Shau Kei Wan which we frequented. We came to Kam Tung Tai Restaurant regularly for some casual but well-cooked home-style dishes and were always delighted to share this with our friends, plus being in a much bigger group meant we could try more dishes that we normally would not be able to with just the two of us.

Shau Kei Wan Food Crawl

When friends asked me for recommendations for local food, I immediately thought of Shau Kei Wan Main Street East. For locals, or at least people living in this side of town, the neighborhood has long been known as a foodie area, with over 60 different eateries crowded along and near this street stretching 800 meters long in the old township of Shau Kei Wan, which once upon a time was a fishing village in the eastern side of Hong Kong Island.