Miu Fat Monastery

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  • Address
    New Territories, 18 Castle Peak Rd, Tuen Mun
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  • Phone
    2461 8567
  • Transport
    train: 610, 720
bus: 63X
secondary rail: line 751

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Lonely Planet review

This restaurant, on the 1st floor of Miu Fat Monastery in Lam Tei, due north of Tuen Mun town centre, serves vegetarian meals at lunch time only. The range of dishes varies daily and depends on group size, starting with three dishes for two (which is the minimum number).

This is an active monastery that preserves more of a traditional character than many smaller temples; you'll see Buddhist nuns in droves wearing brown robes.

On the ground floor there's a golden likeness of Buddha in a glass case; on the 2nd floor are three larger statues of Lord Gautama. The 1st floor is a vegetarian restaurant serving set meals and open to all.

Tuen Mun, where the monastery is located, is the largest and most important New Town in the western New Territories. Its seemingly endless rows of high-rise housing estates can be off-putting at first, but they do hide a few interesting spots, as evidenced by the appealing Buddhist aesthetic of Miu Fat.