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SSP beads & fabrics shopping
SSP 深水埗 is full of beads shops which makes all beads lovers drool They’re definitely cheaper than even the online shops in Australia, so definitely worth having a look. Shops are scattered around south? of SSP MTR, in Yiu Chau 汝州街 and Ki Lung 基隆街 Streets, within the square area bordered by major [...]
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乾隆年製陶器 Qinglong porcelain (tea cups)
Saturday 31 October – Another visits to Sham Sui Po. Another ‘Antique’ porcelain purchased!
We bought a pair of hand-painted tea? sake? cups with gold gildng inside (matt, not glossy & gaudy). Beautiful detailed painting of 8 Chinese mythical characters (same for both). Very good condition, with barely visible hairline cracks near the bottom rim, which [...]
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深水埗 Sham Sui Po
Sham Sui Po (affectionately called SSP by us) apparently is a Hong Kong Tourist Board’s answer to Japan’s Akihabara… Now, there are similarities (electrical components shops, computers etc), but ummm… I’d say you’d have to go to Akihabara to experience it yourself – it’s more like combination of Mongkok & SSP, with a bit of [...]
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上環・餃子園 Giaozhu Yuan (Dumpling Yuan (place))
Sheung Wan (上環), located on the East side of Central, the business district on Hong Kong Island. Small HK Island streets full of little shops, and the area near Sheung Wan MTR station has fruit shops, florists, DVD shops, fishing gear shops, wet market, and lot’s of ‘trash/treasure’ type 2nd handy shops. Go little beyond [...]