The malls in Hong Kong are great, but quite expensive. If you're looking for mass gift items for your co-workers or (more personal) gag gifts, the Yau Ma Tei area has it all. Get off the metro at the station of the same name and walk down Portland Street to shop the outdoor market.
Sit down first to enjoy the sea breeze from the coast a few blocks east of here. You can sample some rock-pot rice dishes, deep-fried oyster cake (I had this for the first time), and mantis shrimp (popular in Cantonese cooking and very tasty too); bottled beer is cheap at less than $2 American.
Walking through the market, I saw a keychain that doubles as a calendar for the next 35 years, magnets of HK street signs, dice for drinking games, books of proverbs, clothes, nail clippers, jewelry (from plastic to jade), bread that felt like bread but really wasn't, etc. There was even a shop where pretty much every item was a cigarette lighter disguised as other everyday objects like cookies and salt chakers; I forget the rest, but... pure craziness. The title pic is not one of the market, sadly, because I forgot to take ANY pictures until I was on my way home...
P.S. This post totally sounded like an ad - but I had a great time out last night.
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they sell any pandas there? ha just kidding, but seriously
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