肥妹燒烤小食

Tai O Fishing Village. Quaint little fishing village on Lantau Island.
Fishermen’s homes are on stilts on the water. You can take a mini boat ride to view the homes up close.
Lots of stalls/​vendors selling dried seafood, fish balls, etc. for the tourists.
As we were leaving, we saw a sign for a pink dolphin tour! Can’t get any more touristy than that, but it still sounds like it would be cool if you could actually spot a few pink dolphins. Maybe next time…

I was so excited to see curry fish balls as soon as I stepped off the bus! So many different stalls selling dried fish, grilled dried squid and XO sauce galore! Unfortunately, much of the village has become overrun by the tourist crowds and many shops are no longer run by locals. If you do happen to be in town, do stop by the small heritage museum to read about the origins of the fishing village. The pollution and litter strewn across the beach is sad to see, but certainly an educational day trip if you go on a hike during your day on Lantau.

Tai O Fishing Village is one of my favorite places of all time to visit in HK, although technically it is on Lantau Island.
To get to Tai O, you need to take the MTR to Central, then change to the Tung Chung line and go all the way there. Then take the #11 bus (45 min ride) or 30 min taxi (running HK$ 180 to $ 200) one way.
And voila… food, glorious food, and snacks galore, after some walking and exploring.
肥妹燒烤小食 (Fei Mui, or Chubby little sister) is a small eatery that is difficult to miss once you wander into the area.
Just look for the signage, but more importantly, someone grilling shellfish galore, smothered in garlic, or cheese, or just a very simple marination like soy sauce or salt/​pepper. The smell alone will entice you to come over.
Loss of willpower will lead you to just walk into the eatery, grab a stool and start ordering.
Don’t know what to get?
Grilled prawn — HK$ 35 each (with garlic or cheese)
Grilled abalone — HK$ 40 each
Baked oyster with cheese — HK$ 20 each
Grilled scallop on the shell — HK$ 35 each
Sea snails in spicy sauce — HK$ 45 per plate. This is typical dai pai dong/​HK style «izakaya» beer food
and of course, cheese baked/​grilled lobster — HK$ 160 each
Best bets: grilled prawns (with garlic), abalone, and scallops.
Eat like a king (or a mayor) in the village on the cheap!
(Dude, we are not in Sendai or Aomori Japan, where you buy fresh seafood off the vendors and take it to the eatery to grill with butter, the quality is not the same here obviously).