Lei Yue Mun Seafood Street — Restaurant in Kowloon

Any seafood lover should pay a visit to Lei Yue Mun (鯉魚門) at least. Though the name (which translates to “carp gate”) technically refers to the narrow channel between the eastern end of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, for most people, “Lei Yue Mun” is synonymous with the fishing village on the Kowloon side of the channel. Lei Yue Mun is technically comprised of four squatter villages—the main two of which are Sam Ka Tsuen (三家村), the typhoon shelter and seafood bazaar that most tourists are familiar with, and Ma Wan Tsuen (馬環村), a more residential area that is home to the village’s famous Tin Hau temple (天后廟). With its stilt houses, drying trays of seafood, and relaxed pace of life, it’s like walking into a living, breathing picture of the Hong Kong of yesteryear. As a typhoon shelter and fishing village, Cantonese-style seafood dominates the dining experience at Lei Yue Mun village. Wander through the stalls in Sam Ka Tsuen’s “Seafood Street” (鯉魚門海鮮街) and pick your bounty from the live tanks, and have these fresh seafood cooked and prepared at any one of the local restaurants. Popular dishes include Cantonese-style steamed fish delicately flavoured with Shaoxing wine (紹興酒), boiled prawns, black bean clams, salt and pepper squid, steamed razor clams (蟶子) piled high with garlic and vermicelli, and lobster with e-fu noodles (伊面).Popular eateries include Gateway Cuisine, Happy Seafood Restaurant, and Hyde Park Garden Restaurant, but there are plenty of good restaurants dotted throughout the seafood bazaar. Besides having a nice seafood meal. one can also visit several highlights closeby. Such as the Tin Hau Temple (鯉魚門天后廟), Lei Yue Mun Lighthouse (鯉魚門燈塔), Murals village, and the old granite quarry (鯉魚門三家村舊石礦場遺址). Though it’s been decades since rock mining took place at Lei Yue Mun, the village’s granite quarry and pebble beach are still popular tourist spots. To reach it, just walk through the seafood bazaar, past the playground, and through the mini-village of Ma Wan Tsuen (馬環村) until you hit the pebble beach in Ma Pui Tsuen (馬背村). Continue walking until you hit the quarry, where you will find the half-mined pit and a few old stone houses ruins. On the way to the pebble beach and quarry, just past the boundary between Sam Ka Tsuen and Ma Wan Tsuen, you’ll see a red temple nestled into the rocks. This is a temple dedicated to Tin Hau (天后), a sea goddess worshipped by fishermen. Here, you can light a stick or coil of incense as an offering to the goddess, or have your palm read by a fortune-teller. Wall murals have been appearing in Lei Yue Mun in recent years, with more and more murals popping up around town from shopfronts to seawalls. You can reach Lei Yue Mun a few different ways—MTR, bus, minibus, or even hiking. From MTR Yau Tong station Exit A2, walk along Cha Kwo Ling Road until you reach Lei Yue Mun Path (the walk takes approximately 15 minutes). From Tung Lung Chau Public Pier (東龍洲公眾碼頭), take the kaito ferry (街渡) to Sam Ka Tsuen Ferry Pier (三家村渡輪碼頭) (the journey takes approximately 30 minutes) (https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/public_transport/ferries/kaito_services_map/service_details/index.html#k02). From Sai Wan Ho Pier (西灣河碼頭), take the ferry to Sam Ka Tsuen Ferry Pier (三家村渡輪碼頭) (the journey takes approximately 10 minutes) (https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/public_transport/ferries/service_details/index.html#i10). Take Public Bus 630 from Central Hong Kong; or...

A center of famous seafood restaurant not far from the city center. During the tourism promotion period, the signs from the government would have been fresher. It's a pity that it's not maintained as well as it should be. However, the charm of this place for seafood lovers is not...

A very interesting place. The seafood stores are along the seafood street, the live seafood makes a beautiful picture for all tourists to take photos, it's amazing. The worst part is the streets are always wet and a bit dirty, the situation has improve but still not up...