Dining
HIKES FOR BITES Everyone knows the best part of any hike is the beer at the end. But if you’re looking for something a bit healthier to motivate you over the finish line, here are our fave places to refuel after hiking your heart out. FINISH LINE:
An inevitable tourist trap? Perhaps, but that doesn’t take away from the beauty and undeniable convenience of this landmark Hong Kong hike. Once you’ve set off on your preferred route up the hill (we personally stan for the Lung Fu Shan Morning Trail, at the top of Hatton Road), reward yourself with a well-earned healthy nosh at Rajasthan Rifles. Their breakfast menu offers health-conscious bowls like organic porridge with bananas and dates, and Paleo muesli with yoghurt and Manuka honey. If you’d rather opt for something stodgier, there are loads of eggy concoctions with a South Asian flair, like naan filled with spiced potato and fried eggs, or spicy mutton and scrambled eggs served on milk bread. Ends at 11am, so best not to dilly dally on your way up! G/F, The Peak Galleria (opposite the Peak Tram), 2388-8874, rajasthanrifles.com.
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Whether you’ve hiked from Mui Wo or done a tour of the DB Lookout Loop, there are tons of eating options in Discovery Bay, including the well-known Hemingways DB. It converted last year to a fully-vegan menu serving plant-based comfort food such as pizza, nachos, dumplings and other bar snacks. Shop G09, G/F, Block A, DB Plaza, Discovery Bay, Lantau, 2987-8804.
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Rajasthan Rifles
FINISH LINE: 2084 Sai Kung
If you’ve spent the weekend exploring Sai Kung’s country parks, it’s time to reward yourself at one of Sai Kung Town’s healthy outlets. Little Cove Espresso (Block A, G/F, Siu Yat Building, Sai Kung Hoi Pong Square, Sai Kung) is a lovely Aussie-style cafe with a large outdoor area, serving raw, vegan, gluten-free and paleofriendly cakes and pastries, IG-worthy bowls, and other veggie and non-veggie brunch favourites. Newly opened is 2084 Sai Kung (5 Sha Tsui Path, Sai Kung, 52464622, 2084.casa), a vegan restaurant serving pan-Asian comfort food with a plant-based twist. Think mushroom rendang, dals and other vegetarian Indian dishes, mapo tofu, Peking wraps and Thai larb, to name just a few.
