ITINERARY
Friday
3.30pm: Go to historic outlets
Journey again in time in Sheung Wan, a captivating neighbourhood the place conventional shops promote tea and spices, simply as they did greater than a century in the past, when the town was a colonial buying and selling outpost.
One store, Cheung Hing Tea Hong, sells a wide range of Chinese language, European and Ceylon black teas, in addition to espresso beans. Its tea grasp, who has labored there for greater than six a long time, nimbly folds and tucks the store’s signature tea selection, tieguanyin (about 160 Hong Kong {dollars}, or US$20, for 150 grams), into an clever, palm-size paper package deal, utilizing no tape or string.
Halfway down a large outside stairway, Yuan Heng Spice Co provides all method of spices, together with Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon bark and aged citrus peels. The store’s majestic cats are neighbourhood fixtures. (Take a look at @hongkonghistoricalshops on Instagram for extra gems.)