New Tung Kee Chinese Restaurant located on Tung Chung Rd in Tung Chung in Hong Kong

September 21, 2017:  After the longest hike of my life (4 hours of 12 km!), we arrived back at our starting location and ate dinner at a dai pai dong called New Tung Kee Chinese Restaurant in Tung Chung (新東記大排檔) around 8:30 at night.

At first, we didn’t want to dine in because we noticed from walking inside for a second that there were people smoking in the restaurant.  We didn’t want to dine in a place with billowing second-hand smoke.  However, we also noticed after walking out that they had a separate room with no smokers and decided to dine in after all.

Smoking room blocked off by these plastic sheets which kept in the air conditioning too

We had a simple dinner of just four dishes with rice and beer to share.

Dinner menu

Second page

Dai pai dong dishes are so good, full of wok hay, and cheap! ❤

Blue Girl beer

We ordered the Sauteed Squids with Water Spinach, Fried Fish Meat with Corn Sauce, Season Vegetable with Salted Egg & Fresh Eggs in Consomme, and Stir Fry Mixed Vegetable Tung Kee Style.

I especially liked the water spinach (tung choi) in the 鲜魷炒通菜.

Sauteed Squids with Water Spinach

The Fried Fish Meat with Corn Sauce (粟米斑塊 [汁另上]) is a childhood favourite.  Here, they served the fried fish fillets separately from the corn sauce.  The corn sauce is always great to eat with rice.

Fried Fish Meat with Corn Sauce. $88 HKD

The Stir Fry Mixed Vegetable Tung Kee Style (新東記小炒皇) was also good to eat with rice since it was salty and flavourful.

Stir Fry Mixed Vegetable Tung Kee Style. $78 HKD

The Season Vegetable with Salted Egg & Fresh Eggs in Consomme (金銀蛋浸時菜) was another comfort dish.  The boiled veggies in this were a hit.

Season Vegetable with Salted Egg & Fresh Eggs in Consomme. $70 HKD

Glad we got to try this out-of-the-area place after our hike in Tung Chung! 🙂

Doorway to the restaurant