hong Kong : Ap Liu street 鴨寮

Step out to Ap Liu street and you will find stalls selling handphone cases and screen protector. I am not sure about the quality but the price and variety seems good.

We went up the 北河街市政大廈, it was a wet market.

You see live chickens, vegetables and fruits.

If you are not into this, just walk at ground level.

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There are almost no shopping for clothes and shoes here.

Good for Buying fruits, vegetables, pastries and dried goods.

Trying to understand the cantonese.

Dried Starfish for sale.

Lots of dried goods for sale.

Dried oyster, mushrooms, fish, cuttlefish, sea cucumber, ikan bilis and a lot more.

Quite amazed at their collection of dried goods. 

their dried shrimps have small, medium, large. 

As big the prawn we see in the wanton in Hong Kong. (bottom right photo)

They even have  dried duck wings. (middle right photo)

Lot of bakeries.

My parents bought the wife's biscuit from here and I enjoyed my mango desserts

Garang Guni?

SEcond hand market.

Hong kong : Shopping at pharmacy, h&M, esprit and tips

Shopping at H&M. According to people, H&M is cheaper and the variety is better at Hong Kong. I am not really sure about that as I don't visit Singapore H&M often.

I visited two branches in Singapore, the one at Langham place and the other one at Tsui Sha Tsui, at Canton Road.

The one at Tsim Sha Tsui is definitely bigger with teenagers and kid's clothings, will definitely recommended that. Petite girls can buy from the teenages' range too.

But Langam Place has freebies and privileges for tourist at other shops, not for H&M. I received a small laneign sample this time.

Hong KOng is full of shops selling beauty products and makeup.

I was attracted to Sanrio stuff so I bought some.

My mum bought Olay and Loreal stuff at 40-50% cheaper than Singapore price.

2B slimming products are cheaper in Hong Kong too.

Meiji collagen can be bought at hk$188, which is around $30. I think in Singapore, it retails for around $60.

Lung Shing Pharmacy 龍城大藥房.

28 Granville Rd Tsim Sha Tsui b2 exit. around 5-10minutes walk.

They have a larger variety and supposedly cheaper Sasa and Bonjour,hence the place is very very crowded with locals and foreigners. I was pushed around quite often.

Not allowed to try the perfumes, so try it elsewhere and buy it from here.

We bought shu Uemera makeup base at 40% cheaper compared to Singapore price.

The queue is super long. Take turns to queue and shop.The more expensive and branded products (clinque, estee lauder, laneign, shu uemera and etc) and perfumes are kept at the counter,so plan what you are going to buy and take notes of prices at Bonjour or other shops before coming here to buy as you do not want to come here and queue again.

The people here are not exactly friendly or helpful.

Most important, payment in cash only.

Foudn this sportshouse which sell sports products at quite good price. The cons, limited size, the shoes I like do not have my size.

Passed by it while walking to avenue of stars using the underpass from sheraton

sportshouse

Cute things to buy.

Esprit factory outlets. 

I am not a fan of Esprit but the price is much cheaper than singapore. A good place to get basic and good quality stuff.

Esprit was having an extra 40% for some items, minimum 3 items purchased.

I managed to get Esprit tee at s$10, shorts and denim skirts at around S$20+.

I think is a good buy as the quality is good. 

Kai Seng Commercial Centre,4-6 Hankow Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Opening Hours Daily: 10am - 10:30pm

MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui Station (Exit E)

Hollywood Plaza, 610 Nathan Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Opening Hours 11am - 11pm, Monday - Thursday; 11am - Midnight, Friday - Sunday

Other outlets are at 

Citygates at Tung Chung top floor

 China Hongkong city (FErry terminal to Macau) at 1st floor and 3rd floor.

Citygates outlet used to be favourite, now it is getting very crowded and messy

There are 1 outlet at north point and another at new terrorities.

BRanded goods should be cheaper in Hong Kong due to favourable exchange rate and also  no tax is being charged.

However, do your research before buying.

Hong kong has a lot big shopping malls, like harbour city, times squares. Most of them have discount or privileges for tourist. Check with the information counter before making your purchases. 

Mango and Zara should be cheaper in Hong kong too.

and if you are going to markets, fa yeun, mongkok, temple street or ya liu street. Remember to be thicked skinned and bargain.

I did not manage to visit Lai Chi Kok, the wholesale fashion market as they were closed on the day I visited, Sunday.

Have fun. :D

Remember to bring your own recyclable shopping bags as they do charge for shopping bags in hong kong

Cheap shopping.

shopping at Fa Yeun street and temple street

shopping at mongkok: Ladies market and Argyle

Apliu Street (鴨寮)

hong kong free and easy : mongkok 女人街 (ladies market), argyle centre, new town mall

女人街(ladies market)

 女人街(ladies market)

Some snacks selling at Mongkok, smelly tofu too.

I like the egg waffle ball 雞蛋仔 and grilled sotong.

At Mongkok, there is argyle centre and new town mall which sell a lot of stuff. Lot of shopping can be done here. It close around 11pm.

Hong kong free and easy : 花园街(Hua Yuen, flower street), 廟街(temple street

 
We had breakfast at Kam Wah, famous for their 菠蘿包 before heading to 花园街, flower street. It is just a 5 minutes walk from Kam Wah. Can enjoy looking at the colorful fish on the way to 花园街

There are lot of shoes shops behind the stalls. So don't just shop at the stalls. The shoes are usually selling shoes for around hk$100 and there is a big big variety. Shop around as prices may differ. The price is fixed. However, the biggest size is usually 39 or 40 so not a place for girls with big feet.

 Traditional Bakery. 

 It was a bit quite on the day I visited as it was raining. For anyone who needs a healthy dosage of fruits in their life, can buy from here,

Cute cups and notebooks.

RAiny and quiet morning.

I am not sure about the hours but it start usually in the late morning, around 11am and the shops and stalls close around 8pm.

There is not much bargaining at this place, just a few hong kong dollars off the item.

They erected this big gate at Temple street so you know when you reached.

Temple street is in between Yau Ma Tei and Jordan. It is just which side you want to start from.

A lot of open air eatery. We went to Hing Kee for claypot.

Temple street has a partion in the middle which you will need to cross a small garden and walk through a whole row of fortune tellers and people singing karaoke.

Some of the things selling at Temple street.

I visited 花园街(Hua Yuen, flower street), 廟街(temple street), 女人街(ladies market). 花园街 is the least touristy. If you are shopping the other two markets, be prepared to do some hard core bargaining and wait for them to drag you back. Watched a lot of this kind of drama at 廟街, 女人街.

I enquire about girl's school bag for my niece. Not sure about the quality differences.

花园街- hk$59

廟街- hk$150

女人街-Hk$89

but do remember the other two places can be cheaper if you are a good bargainer and enjoy bargaining.

I prefer flower street for the shoes and also I am not really into bargaining.

But is nice to stroll at the other two, may find things that you like and I do like to watch the bargaining drama.

More on Ladies market

Hong kong : Jusco living and convenience store 7-11 and k circle

http://www.jusco.com.hk/eng/10_plaza/index_shop.htm

Just like daiso in singapore. Most item are hk$12 so is slightly cheaper than s$2. They have more variety as they have other pricing.

Bought some simple toys for my nieces and some miscellaneous but light stuff.

I went to one in between mongkong and yau ma tei.

For Yau ma tei MTR, exit by A1 and just walk in the direction of the traffic.

Will take around 5-10minutes.

Address : 3/F, Chong Hing Square, 601 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

 Their selection of instant food just put Singapore to shame.
I do need to buy some food at 7-11 as I need to rush around for work.
The selection is not good and the price is not as good too.
Quite cute, they called it "ding a meal".
I did try out the mexican chicken wings, it was good. Tender and juicy.

 Mexican chicken wing. More food and drinks avaiable at K-circle or 7-11.

Interesting snacks.

Curry snow peas?

Kiwi Jolly Sandy?

Almond Toblerone? 

and battery powered heat packs.

K-circle has some UNO promotion going on. We get to pick some lucky draw with every hk$20 spend. It was quite fun as we won 2 packets of Haribo sweets and free tissues with UNO designs with any purchase.

I bought the Criton Ice cream, it contains bits of Critons. I love it as I prefer icecream with fruity flavours.

Puccho( like hi-chew but more interesting) has so much more flavours. Buying for my students to try it out.

The magazine Jessica, cost hk$20 was giving out free MCM pouches. So we bought a few.

Hong Kong : Taste Supermarket at Tung chung and Wellcome

Yes. I love supermarkets when travelling. Large variety of snacks at reasonable price.

Even shopping at supermarket is fun.

Basement one of citygates outlet.

Love this super big supermarket. Lots of things to see and buy.

I enjoyed it more than the outlets shopping.

It usually cheaper than 7-11 and k-circle.

some of the sweets like ricola was much cheaper than Singapore price.

Can find a large variety of instant noodles, sweets, snacks, fruits and drinks.

Buy some to try it out and have fun.

Tried the salmon sushi because my friend told me hongkong salmon sushi is very nice. Definitely better standard than singapore supermarket sushi, on par with sakae.

Visited the wellcome supermarket near to my hotel. 

Look at the interesting flavours of chips, drinks, pretz and sweets.

bought some home to try. Some of them are from taste supermarket and 7-11 and k-circle.

Puccho is slightly cheaper than Singapore prices.

My students who had graduated will be quite sad.

CitySuper.

Chunky kit kat in cookies and creams.

More Puccho. My students love them.

Citysuper.

Fruits. The durians are quite expensive. 

Look at how beautiful their sandwiches and wraps are.

there is one supermarket I did not manage to visit, Parknshop.

some places i want to visit in Hongkong

Chan Yee Jai 陈意斋
電話:(852)2543-8414 傳真:(852)2543-7277香港門市部:中環皇后大道中176B號地下九龍門市部:觀塘創紀之城五期地庫L103C舖
bird nest biscuit,雞仔餅, almond biscuit, egg biscuit, beancurd roll

Tai cheong bakery
http://www.taoheung.com.hk/en/brands/tai_cheong_bakery/index_p_2.html
Famous for their egg tart
Their website looks like they have been bought over by some company.

Shek Mo Fong 石磨坊
G/F88 Hak Po St, Mong Kok 旺角黑布街88號Tel: 2398-94902.45pm-2am
Famous for desserts...

利苑酒家 Lei Garden Restaurant中環利苑 (central)
地址: 香港中環港景街1號國際金融中心商場3008至3011店
電話: (852) 2295 0238
Opening hours : 1130-3pm and 6-1130pm

灣仔利苑
地址: 香港灣仔軒尼詩道338號北海中心1樓
電話: (852) 2892 0333
Opening hours : 1130-3pm and 6-1130pm

銅鑼灣利苑 (causeway bay)
地址: 香港銅鑼灣時代廣場10樓1003店
電話: (852) 2506 3828
Opening hours : 1130-3pm and 6-1130pm

北角利苑
地址: 香港北角城市花園9至10座1樓
電話: (852) 2806 0008
Opening hours : 1130-3pm and 6-1130pm

ABC cafe (cheap western food, go during lunch)
Shop 7, Food Market, 1 Queen Street , Sheung Wan
上環皇后街1號皇后街熟食市場7號舖
It is cheap because it is in a food court.

蓮香樓 Lin Heung Tea House
中環威靈頓街160-164號
Traditional tea house.

shopping in hongkong

Flower Street 花园街 hua yuan (fa yuen in cantonese).

open in the late morning to evening. Don't visit it at night. 

Although you cant do much bargaining here, the price is cheaper than ladies market.

There is a lot of shoes store at the sides and the price is cheap, good for people who are not into brands.

There are also stalls selling food and fruits. More interesting than ladies market which is tourist trap and good for people who need more fruits to stay healthy on a trip

I visited two fresh food market in hongkong. One is nelson street (near langham place hotel)

Another one is at Bowrington Road

The rest of the standard ladies market, temple street. There are shopping malls at most of the MTR stops. Tsim Sha Tsui and CAuseway should the most number of them. A lot of new shopping malls opened at TST over the past few years. You can look at the shop directory before deciding which mall to visit. Sasa and Bonjour are good place for cheap cosmetic and toiletries.
Lung Shing Pharmacy 龍城大藥房. 28 Granville Rd Tsim Sha Tsui b2 exit. they have a larger variety than Sasa and Bonjour but the place is very very crowded with locals and foreigners.
I want to visit jusco hkd10 shop when i am in hongkong, is cheaper than daiso. http://www.jusco.com.hk/eng/10_plaza/index_shop.htm