Peng Chau is a tiny horseshoe shaped blob of land with little obvious attraction beyond some quiet streets. Wing On Street, just back from the pier, is typical: part market, part residential, with an eighteenth century Tin Hau temple, noodle shops, Chinese herbalists and no traffic. Some shops sell hand painted porcelain, a local cottage industry. Tung Wan, the island’s only real beach, is a bit gritty but there are outstanding views of nearby Lantau and shipping lanes from the island’s peak, a fifteen-minute walk up stone steps from the back of town.

Really, though, Peng Chau’s main appeal is a meal at one of its many low-key seafood restaurants, where the food is as good and as cheap as on any of the islands.