Five-star dining in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung, amazing brunches and a Singapore star: where a website-founding vegetarian likes to eat

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Shea Stanley, the founder of online resource site Little Steps Asia, heads to Little Cove Espresso in Sai Kung for coffee and vegan friendly options. Photo: Little Cove Espresso

Published: 5:15pm, 13 May 2021Updated: 8:31pm, 13 May 2021

Originally from the US state of Texas, Shea Stanley is the founder and chief executive of Little Steps Asia, an online resource site for parents and families that she started in 2008. It has now expanded to six cities across the region. She talks to Andrew Sun.

I’m a vegetarian from Texas, so I’m a bit of an oddball. I stopped eating meat when I was five or six. But my son is an adventurous eater, while my daughter is just like me. But I do like to get around and check out new restaurants and kid-friendly experiences.

We just celebrated our 10th anniversary as a website, and we’ve relaunched the site. We’re hoping what we can do is give parents and families the best ideas and the coolest places to go. Our readership is interested in things off the beaten path.

For everyday dining, Little Cove Espresso (Siu Yat Building, Sai Kung Hoi Pong Square, Sai Kung, tel: 6397 0875) is a good find, with indoor and outdoor dining. It’s popular in that area for brunch, lunch and dinner. The staff are attentive, the coffee is good and for food, they have acai bowls and lots of organic and vegan options – something you can’t find readily in Sai Kung.

Hutong has a good family brunch that not many know about. Photo: Aqua Group

Fried rice with shrimp and fennel seed, Hutong style.