Aberdeen Seafood Restaurant, Jordan, Hong Kong

We discovered Aberdeen Seafood Restaurant on our second visit to Hong Kong when we stayed at City Econo Inn at Jordan. On our first night, we wandered around looking for food and ended up near Temple Street Night Market. We were hesitant at first to eat at an outdoor restaurant, having read some warning against da pai dong in Hong Kong. But the air smelled like heaven, the street well-lit, people crowding the small tables are chatting away happily and live seafood are jumping from their iced container on to the sidewalk, it’s just too hard to ignore (besides, we were really really hungry). In one word, the place is “festive”.

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We were worried it would be hard to converse with the Cantonese-speaking servers, but the place is just littered with tourists being near the night market and all, so all doubts just disappeared and we were seated in a tiny table, given tea and menu (in English!) and after a few minutes of fidgeting with it, ordered a claypot rice each and an oyster cake. The irony is, we didn’t order any seafood that night.

Fast-forward to the following year, and the year after, Aberdeen Seafood Restaurant had been one of our staple restaurants whenever we are in the area. I even ate there alone just last December.

During our July trip this year, we purposely visited the place again, this time we are four in the group. We immediately ordered 1 Coke each then 2 more after a few minutes. Having to walk in Hong Kong’s humid weather at this time is simply draining. I rarely drink soda these days, but during this trip, Coke became my best friend. Coke never tasted so good.

Being 4 in the group, we ordered 4-5 dishes.

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Peppered Beef

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Hot Pot Rice with Spare Ribs & Sausage – 40HKD

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Hot Pot Rice with Mushroom Chicken - 40HKD

People walking by the street were eyeing us and our hot pot rice, as if saying, “Hot pot rice in this weather? Crazy tourists!” Hahaha! Hot pot rice are usually served during winter months in Hong Kong, when weather is really cold.

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Steamed Scallops with Garlic and Vermicelli – 60HKD

Total Cost: Around 350HKD

In our opinion, this place is really worth a visit even if it is one of the more touristy places (like Avenue of Stars) in Hong Kong. If your time won’t permit a visit to the farther Lamma and Cheung Chau islands, Aberdeen Seafood Restaurant and its rival Temple Street Spicy Crab Restaurant is a sure alternative.

MENU

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ADDRESS

Nanking cor. Woosung St. Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong

(near Temple Street Night Market)

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