Shrine dining
Kowloon
Chi Lin Vegetarian (below) 60 Fung Tak Rd, Diamond Hill, tel: 3658 9388) Open: Monday-Friday 11.30am-8.30pm, weekends and public holidays 11am-8.30pm A la carte and set menus available. Credit cards are accepted. Afternoon tea sets are served for HK$40 per person.
Yuen Ching Kok Tong (Wong Tai Sin) 3738 Ching Cheung Rd, Sham Shui Po, tel: 2386 9105 Open: for lunch only, from 1pm on the first and 15th days of the Lunar calendar. The food is free but donations are welcome. Call in advance for larger groups. There are 30 tables and a set lunch of five dishes plus soup is served.
New Territories
Ching Chung Koon Tsing Chung Path, Tsing Chung Koon Rd, Tuen Mun, tel: 2461 7117 Open: 11.30am-5pm Cash only; no service charge
Fung Ying Seen Koon 66 Pak Wo Rd, Fanling, tel: 2669 3033 Open: 11am-6pm No reservations accepted. A la carte dishes are available only on weekdays; at other times set menus are served. Standard eight-course set meal is HK$530 per table. Visa is accepted and beer is available. There are 50 tables.
Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery 8 Castle Peak Rd, Lam Tei, Tuen Mun, tel: 2461 8567 Open: noon-3.30pm Capacity is 36 tables. Only set menus are available, serving two to 12 persons, at an average cost of HK$75 per person.
The Sha Tin Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery 221 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin, tel: 2699 4144 Open: noon-4pm Beer and A la carte dishes are available; an eight-course meal with rice or congee costs HK$528 and feeds 10.
Wun Chuen Vegetarian Centre (Taoist) Lot 1561 Ping Che Rd, Ta Ku Leng, Fanling, tel: 2674 2194 Open: Monday-Friday 10am-4pm, weekends and public holidays 10am-4.30pm A la carte and set menus are served. An eight-course set menu is HK$500 per table. Alcoholic drinks are available. The restaurant seats up to 200.
Yuen Yuen Vegetarian Restaurant Yuen Yuen Institute, Sam Dip Tam, Tsuen Wan, tel: 2492 2220 Open: Monday-Friday 11am-5pm; weekends and public holidays 10.30am-6.30pm Notes: A la carte and set menus are available; a 10 per cent service charge is added to the bill.
Lantau
Ling Yan Monastery Lower Keung Shan, Tai O Rd, tel: 2985 5255 Open: Monday-Friday noon-3pm, weekends and public holidays 11.30am-3pm Capacity is 100 tables. A meal is HK$60 per person.
Lo Hon Monastery Shek Mun Kap, Tung Chung, tel: 2988 1419 Open: noon-2pm The monastery has a panoramic view of Tung Chung town. The food is HK$60 per person; advance bookings are accepted for weekday visits for a six-course meal with a minimum of 10 diners.
