The call
This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
What to order
- Noodles
- Fish dish (Roger's "jiu tou Yu")
Best for
- Food history
Cantonese · Cha Chaan Teng · Seafood
Kam Tin Restaurant (錦田餐廳菜館)
Roger rated this Kam Tin village cha chaan teng 3 stars as a typical, decent spot, calling the noodles solid and singling out the restaurant's fish dish (noted in his draft as 'jiu tou Yu') as the highlight.
Status unconfirmed
Current operating status for this Kam Tin village cha chaan teng could not be confirmed — Yelp shows no "CLOSED" tag, but a Hong Kong village business like this often has no reliable online status signal either way. Marked unknown rather than guessed; this page keeps Roger's dated review as a record, not a live recommendation to visit.
feehk.com directory listing — no closure signal found, but status could not be independently confirmed (checked 2026-09-21) (2026-09-21) ↗Source-backed notes
Visit history
2016-06-28day precision · source explicit
“Typical cha can tang Decent noodles Their jiu tou Yu is the bomb”
Roger called this a typical Hong Kong-style cafe (cha chaan teng) with decent noodles, and rated a fish dish he wrote as "jiu tou Yu" as excellent. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
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