Tsham Shui Poo

I went to hongkong last weekend to do my banking and shopping as usual, within these two days i actually combed through Tsham Shui Poo (TSP), the small town, twice ! i rediscovered many new things that i did not notice in the past when i was there. I found the wholesale streets for kids wear , mens wear and ladies cheongsam boutique selling at low price. Of course it is well known for cheap computer and electronics stuffs , long and boring stalls like Womens Street at Mongkok. In fact , TSP is the place for local Hongkee to get their clothings / necessities / electronics / computer gadgets. And it is most known for women clothings wholesale business to everyone.

Mongkok and Wanchai is among the more expensive locations to get your stuffs, which usually only tourists will go there for shopping. I would say we can give Womens Street at Mongkok a miss as it is not really cheap and uninteresting compared to our shopping in Singapore or Malaysia , we just go there for the atmosphere. But for shoes , of course there is only one place to go , Po Ha Kai at Mongkok, ( Shoes Street ). Hundred of shops for your eyes along the streets.

In Hongkong , one shoud only shop for clothings at Tshim Sha Tsui (TST), at Gransville road it is full of outlet stores ( where piggy has dumped hundreds bucks like a tycoon ), Uniqlo at Miramar Hotel ( also at TST ) is highly recommended as unique Japanese fashion are brought in with cheap prices, Silvercord center is holding Dmop and IT which is the fav of many Hongkong stars. Good quality at reasonable prices ( Around 60~100 HKD ) , with lots of variety, this is shopping at TST.

The next places to go will be TSP , it is similar to Mongkok but at lower cost. One should go there for low budget clothings but not sacrificing the quality, you can get Korean/ Jap fashion at below 50 HKD ( 10 SGD ) . I bought many pencil thin ties for piggy and myself, and it just cost me 10 HKD for each. A rainbow color singlet for piggy too , at 49 HKD. I have also bought mum some ladies wear at her order, else she will refuse to cook for me when i am home. Choices are not too many for man , as limited menswear shops available ( about 30 shophouses ) compared to hundreds of ladies wear shophouses, but it is concentrated and at a lower cost definitely, most of the time you can find the stuffs you want at low price and with good surprise.

Books are not the fav of Hongkee besides comics, therefore do not think much about getting the books you want here in HK.

When it comes to eating , i am totally an outsider, as i only ask for the minimum , clean / healthy / taste all right will do. I guess it is a waste , as HK has lots of good eating places , as i am alone most of the time, i will only go to Chinese Fast Foods link such as De Coral / Fairwood/ Hai Huang Porridge. They are serving big portion of set meal with drinks and soup, it can cost you from 30 HKD to 50 HKD, i always choose Curry Beef at Fairwood as the curry itself is the closest to what we can get in Singapore. One thing to note is Hongkong does have many good Chinese restaurant like Yong Kee Roast Goose , Liang Xiang Lou Tea House, Hong Xin Dim Sum... You will eat till you drop.

So much for today, and hope whoever is going to HK will benefit from it.

Darby