Po Lin Monastery - Hong Kong

I love her hong kong bonbons, I stared to taste one of them, it was all really delicious

It is a very nice place to have vegetarian eating in ngong ping. they could go for the set menu. overall it is on the cheaper side. with the lunch ticket you will also receive the gallery under buddha.

We planned ahead to get the set meal and entry into to the Buddha museum. We weren’t disappointed. The monastery itself is beautiful and quiet. The meal was good value, especially for HK, with large portions. We had the set meal for 2 which was silken tofu in black bean sauce, mushrooms with broccolini, vegan chickn and veg stir fry, rice, spring roll and soup. Flavours generally good if a little plain. Plenty of tea. Room itself large and canteen like. Not too busy in je day we were there and food came quickly. A good option if visiting the Buddha. Other option is smaller cafe doing fried noodles, dumplings etc. but we did not try this.

Location is great and if you just finished a hike to get there, knowingly you can get a feed is a bonus. We went during Chinese New Year and the line for food can be a bit crazy (15-20min) in queue. There is a good selection of food options ranging from dim sum style to fried noodles, desserts and drinks. Staff were friendly enough and you can get by with pointing if you don't speak Cantonese since it's smorgasbord style service. It can be a bit on the pricy side though if you try a lot of different things. You could easily run up a bill of 100-200 hkd per person. In terms of taste, things were slightly on the bland side but they provide different sauces you can use to flavour to taste. Compared to some other monasteries I would say this is between average to slightly blander, but it was still pleasant enough. Just don't expect a Michelin star meal.

The monastery itself is a beautiful place but the set lunch that they offer at their restaurant is overpriced and very bland. I later saw a deli vegetarian café and if I had known about that we would not have pre-paid for this lunch. It is a set lunch made up for 5 dishes but every dish is really bland, no salt, no garlic, no onions, no taste. Luckily they have a condiment station where you can add your own soy sauce etc. But the food is very overpriced for what it is. Don't pre-buy the ticket for lunch. Eat at the Deli café instead. You will thank me.