Hello, I've organised for a unique dinner on Sampan by the bay of Causeway Bay tomorrow evening, feel free to join us?
Well, for those who are not familiar with the food history in Hong Kong, you might not have a clue abt what is sampan to do with dinner Alright, Many years back, there used to be have quite a number of boatnik live on the sampan by the bays in HK. And those floating families were not only lived on the boat but also made their living on the boat.
They used to have floating sampan communities, where they cooked, served, some sang and played instruments as entertainment for their guest on their sampan at night.
But later the HK government had banned their activities, as a precaution measure to "reduce water pollution" I was shocked when i found out abt that when I first arrived in HK...Anyway, recently (in fact abt 2 years ago), the HK government had decided to give them another chance to restart their business by implying stricter rules on the hygience standard.
So far, only one family managed to re-set up his sampan restaurant business. And I've personally been there twice:nod::nod: yum yum yummmm!! It has always been amazing eat out experience for me.
But only 2 tricky things that makes it hard for the foreigner to try out the experience.
1. Ones need to call to make appoinment in advance and the person on the other end are not always available to be reached by mobile phone.
2. She only speaks Cantonese. And u also need to speak Cantonese in order to order for the food, because there is no menu available onboard
However, I'd booked for our dinner tomorrow.
So much for the info, leave me a msg if u are keen for the unique local dining experience=)
xx
ps : no i don't work for them =p I am just a massive culture+food lover!