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In the mood for some seafood? Hong Kong is definitely not lacking in the seafood arena when it comes to dishes that are prepared in a Chinese style. However, when it comes to Western prepared seafood, your choices are more limited. Traditional fish and chips can be had at any of the territory’s pubs (the Irish contend with the English ones). Chippy in Central remains the final word on the genuine article serving both a selection of plaice, haddock, and cod in the traditional beer batter. Staying in character, Chippy’s decor looks like a well-to-do chippy while the menu also boasts favourites such pies, cornish pasties, and chicken cordon bleu.

For those of you wanting a more upmarket selection of seafood, a visit to the Fish Bar in the JW Marriott may well be worth your while. Located by the hotel’s pool in a terraced area is a non-pretentious restaurant whose specialty is fish. One would think that the menu is somewhat spartan until the staff bring around the blackboard with the “catch of the day”. In fact, it is several catches of the day – barramundi, blue cod, red snapper, and so forth – which can all be prepared in three different ways – chargrilled, beer battered and pan fried. The theme here is fish although the menu is complimented with mussles, shrimps, and so forth. A nice touch were the mock newspaper tableclothes, a small homage to the chippies of old.

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