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sum ("touch the heart") is the quintessential
Hong Kong eating experience featuring an incredible
variety of dumplings, buns, pastries and soups served
at breakfast or lunch. Dim sum is usually served with
pots of tea and the meal is referred to as yum cha ("drink
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courtesy of Hong Kong Tourism Board |
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The Star Ferry at Tsim Sha Tsui
(pronounced Chim Sow Choi) for a few pennies plys back and forth across
busy Victoria Harbour linking the Kowloon peninsular with Central and
Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island.
You can take the MTR from Kowloon to Central, but a trip
on the ferry is a must for the experience and views of Victoria Harbour.
The Mid Levels Escalator,
at 800m is the longest covered outdoor escalator system in the world.
It carries commuters between the prestigious Mid Levels residential area
and the heart of Central Hong Kong.
Travel along it is free but beware it operates in one
direction (down) during the morning rush hour then is switched to up thereafter.
Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei on the
Kowloon peninsular is home to street hawkers
eager to sell tourists anything from custom-made suits to copy Rolex watches.
At Yau Ma Tei, the Jade
Market has plenty of the cool green stone carved into
a myriad of shapes.
Man Mo Temple in Sheung Wan on
Hong Kong Island. Spirals of insense burn
to fill the temple with scented smoke that clings to your skin and clothes
long after you have left.
Nearby is the famous Chop
Alley (Man Wa Lane) which is lined with small green-painted
huts where chop makers sell chops. A chop is a Chinese seal typically
carved from jade, soapstone, bone or ivory. You can get the carvers to
translate your name into Chinese for a custom-made seal. For a soapstone
custom-made chop expect to pay around £15.
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