Sha Tin 18 — Restaurant in Hong Kong

Easily the best Peking Duck I have ever had. Tried a couple of famous places in Beijing but they were not as good. First time at Sha Tin 18 a few years ago with friends and was amazed at the quality of the Peking Duck. Had to make sure I came back for another round. Only 4 of us so we pre-ordered half a duck for 3 course. The chef cut the duck in front of us: first the skin, then the meat underneath that skin, then some other parts with skin and meat together.

They suggested eating the skin with a little sugar. This is why it's called 片皮鴨(sliced skin duck). I have never had this elsewhere, not even Beijing. The skin melts in your mouth without feeling oily. The meat went with the usual wrap and sauce was tender and yummy.

It's a 70 minute wait for the Peking Duck so it's easier to pre-order when you reserve your table.

The other 2 courses were duck soup and san choy bau. We had to ask for the san choy bau as it came late. When it arrived, it was slightly burnt.

The other dishes we ordered were very nice. Needless to say, I will be back for more. It's not cheap though, we spent HK$500 per person...

The Tin Tin Bar is the feature hotel bar at Hyatt Regency Sha Tin. This is a good place for an evening round of drinks for those staying at the hotel. Opening hours are 5pm to midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 5pm to 1am (Fri & Sat).

The bar is darkly lit with red leather seating, high tables and a u shaped bar with stool seating. Drink list is a range of signature cocktails, wines, beer, spirits, tea and coffee drinks. They have bar snacks and you can order from the hotel Chinese restaurant called Sha Tin 18 as well.

During a recent visit, we enjoyed their Happy Hour (2 for 1) drinks between 5-8pm. Shiraz and Chardonnay wines were fine, as was the chicken wing bar snack order. Drinks are served with a small bowl of salted peanuts.

Service is friendly, a bit slow at bringing out drinks but otherwise just fine as well. There is live music each evening as well.

In the end, not a bar hotel bar especially during Happy Hour when drinks are...

I dined with a small party of 6 this weekend, we ordered the popular Peking duck, salted egg prawn with fish skins and some desserts.

The duck arrived cold, meat was tough and I was amazed they didn’t let the duck grow into an adult before serving it. The size of the bird - I thought I was having a large quail!

Prawn was decent, lukewarm and the fish skin was pretty nice. Fusion Desserts like the wine chocolate ice cream, really just flavoured ice cream.

Service was sub standard, they had a young man who looked like he was part timing out of university and didn’t really pay attention to us... the only table in reach of 8 other tables. He didn’t serve tea to our friends until we told him he didn’t.

Bill arrived at $2000. I won’t be coming back that’s fo sure.

To satisfy my Peking duck craving, The next day I went elsewhere and ordered 2 ducks for a quarter...