The Daipai Dong is a long busy crowded and loud area on top of a food market. The huge space is divided into little individual restaurants, not separated at all except for different chairs or some shrubs. Each restaurant is owned by an individual and people sit at the tables of their favorite restaurant. Some areas were busy to overflowing, others had very few patrons.
According to Wikipedia Dai pai dong is a type of open-air food stall once very popular in Hong Kong. There aren't many left, only 28 in all of Hong Kong with the license. Sometimes dai pai dong is used to describe open air food stalls along the roadside with foldable tables, but to have the official name, there are licenses given out by the government.
We at salt and pepper squid, breaded spicy fish served on pieces of toast, banana wrapped chinese rice with pork, barbecued chicken, lemon grass vegetable dish, lettuce wraps with spicy pork, chinese fried rice, breaded garlic prawns and more!
Our restaurant is owned by two brothers. One brother is a well known chef who is internationally trained. He opened the restaurant which is constantly busy. The food is just fabulous. We tried everything. Shea loved the lettuce wraps! The lazy susan was overflowing with very interesting looking dishes which arrived in a constant flow from the kitchen. We had wine and chinese beer and the kiddies had cokes!
For dessert, the waiter brought out little individual cheesecakes, lemon, blueberry and some tiramisou (which nodded to the Italian version, but not quite there!).
All in all, a very loud crowded noisy and communal supper. We yelled at each other over the roar and laughed and really enjoyed each other's company. Dave McMaster and his family were there along with friends from Vancouver. And Mike Luciani , who teaches with Bob and is friends with my neighbour in QB, did the ordering for us. Wonderful!
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