Have fun in Yuen Long

The tourist  who visited Hong Kong is just focus on Hong Kong Island or in Kowloon, Yuen Long in the New Territories seems impossibly remote. But as a resident of this neighborhood, I really want to defend Yuen Long's reputation -- this part of Hong Kong is so much fun and should be visited more often.



Yuen Long In the Morning





Hong Kong Island has the tram and the New Territories has the light rail.

Living in Yuen Long, residents have easy access to public transportation, proximity to shopping malls and markets, a distinct food culture, great space, an abundance of outdoor activities, fresh air and greenery. 

Go to Ping Shan Village by light rail to see the Tang Clan's ancestral home along the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. The Tangs were an important family back in the 1900s, and their descendants include famous Hong Kong fashion designer William Tang.

You can have a traditional basin meal to get the full Yuen Long Hakkanese experience. The basin meal is a huge pile of seafood, poultry and root vegetables all cooked together in a savory, briny sauce. The dish is traditionally served at village banquets as a means to quickly feed a whole lot of people.

Strawberry Picking:

Law's Organic Strawberry Farm to pick strawberries. The labor and the tart-sweet fruit was a much needed pick-me-up. The strawberries at Law's Organic Strawberry Farm were quite small but had an intense strawberry flavor.

Dirt biking sounded like a perfect sedentary yet thrilling activity.  The HK$240  paid for  bikes includes an all-you-can-eat barbecue for four hours. It’s so much more spacious than barbecuing in the city.. It includes two drinks and all sorts of meat and vegetables.

Visitors could buy some souvenirs. Everyone should stocks up on a few boxes of Hang Heung wife cakes and Ho To Tai egg noodles before heading home.

How To Get There:

Authentic Yuen Long Family Restaurant: M/F, Transport Plaza, 2-6 Fung Cheung Road, Yuen Long, New Territories; tel: +852 2475 1333; open Monday–Sunday: 6am-12am; www.honoraryfamily.com

Ping Shan Traditional Basin Meal: G/F., No. 36 Tong Fong Tsuen, Ping Shan, Yuen Long (next to Ping Shan Heritage Trail); tel.: +852 2617 8000 (telephone booking available); open 9am-9pm.

Kai Bo Supermarket: Shop 2 & 3, G/F., Tung Yik Bldg., No. 8 Yu King Square, Yuen Long, N.T.; tel: +852 2470 9203; open Monday–Sunday: 7:30am–9pm; www.kaibo.com.hk.

Ping Shan Heritage Trail: Ping Shan, Yuen Long; tel:+852 2721 2326; Tang Ancestral Hall open 9am-1pm, 2-5pm, closed on the first three days of Chinese New Year; Tsui Shing Lau open 9am-1pm, 2-5pm, closed on Tuesdays, the first day of January, the first three days of Chinese New Year and December 26.

Law’s Organic Strawberry Farm: 1st section of bridge, Pak Sha Tsuen, Yuen Long (元朗白沙村第一段橋頭落車，按路牌指示，步行幾分鐘就到); tel: +852 2470 7981; email: strawberry_hkyl@yahoo.com.hk; www.yl.hk/lawsb.

MX Club: No 30, Fung Ka Wai, Tin Tsz Road, Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long, N.T.; tel: +852 2668 0948; open Tuesday-Sunday: 10am-6pm, barbecue until late; email: info@mxclub.com.hk; www.mxclub.com.hk.

Ho To Tai Noodle Shop: No.67, Fau Tsoi St, Yuen Long; tel +852 2476 2495; open 8am-8pm;

Hang Heung Cake Shop: 64 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long; tel: +852 2479 2141; open Monday–Sunday: 6am-10pm.



Sources: http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/play/day-yuen-long-new-territories-913714