Apliu Street is defined by the dense, persistent hum of its open-air market, where stalls spill over with electronic parts, salvaged wiring, and vintage components. The name itself, meaning duck shed, traces back to the nineteenth century…
Sham Shui Po Market Walk
This walk takes you deep into the raw, energetic heart of Kowloon through its sprawling electronics markets, nostalgic wholesale toy alleys, and historic Michelin-recommended food stalls. You'll experience Hong Kong's working-class heritage firsthand while eating incredible local snacks.
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1. Apliu Street
2. Hop Yik Tai
Hop Yik Tai is identified by a persistent, orderly queue of people stretching along the sidewalk of Kweilin Street. This snack shop specializes in cheong fun, or steamed rice rolls, which are prepared fresh throughout the day in the small,…
3. Pei Ho Street Market and Cooked Food Centre
The Pei Ho Street Market and Cooked Food Centre occupies a large municipal services building that rises above the dense, low-rise street life of Sham Shui Po. It is a multi-story facility that centralizes the trade once scattered across…
4. Kung Wo Beancurd Factory
The Kung Wo Beancurd Factory is defined by its retro shopfront, featuring green and white mosaic tiles and traditional signage that distinguish it from the modern storefronts along Pei Ho Street. Founded in eighteen ninety-three by a…
5. Golden Computer Arcade
The Golden Computer Arcade is a labyrinth of hundreds of small, independent stalls packed into a dense, multi-level building at one hundred forty-six to one hundred fifty-two Fuk Wa Street. You can identify it by the intense concentration…
6. Sham Shui Po Toy Street
Fuk Wing Street in Sham Shui Po is known to locals as Toy Street. The concentration of storefronts along this stretch is marked by a distinctive retail display: shopkeepers move their merchandise onto the sidewalk, creating dense, colorful…
7. Oi Man Sang
Oi Man Sang is marked by the flames and smoke rising from a kitchen that remains on the sidewalk, even as the dining tables have moved into adjacent indoor spaces. Founded in nineteen fifty-six, it is one of the few licensed dai pai…