It is almost 8 years since I last stepped into Hong Kong. The last visit was a on-the-way visit - a working trip dated back to 2010. This time, I was there with mum, and we were 100% as tourist! Hong Kong is not a 'new' place to me, but it's always close to me, probably because of the relatives staying there and more uniquely, the common language that we speak - Cantonese! This time, it's also a mother-daughter bonding trip! In this trip, we went to places that I had not explored much in the past. In fact, it's a very MTR-intensive trip - we got to all the places by MTR! There's always something new to learn about this place each time I come :)

Sham Shui Po 深水埗

For those of us who had been following the Hong Kong drama, 怒火街头2, this place Sham Shui Po 深水埗 is not unfamiliar. The setting of the story took place here. The story was on how two lawyers, a district judge, a social worker, a police inspector and a doctor went about providing professional services to the residents in this area free, of course with other romantic storylines built in. The community in Sham Shui Po was supposedly less well-to-do, i.e. of a lower socioeconomic status (SES).


We made a visit to this place on Day 4. In fact, it's quite easy to find as the MTR station located right at the heart of this place. One observation, after alighting from the train and as we walked towards the exit (D2), was that the crowd was made up mostly of workers (I would say, mostly the blue-collar workers) moving out the station, even though it's a Saturday evening. This was certainly very different from the what we normally came across at other stations like  Central, Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong and University.

What we saw after coming out from the station looked similar to the Ladies Market that I went about a decade or so ago! Okay, perhaps an equivalent, I thought.




In fact, we had dinner at one of the local popular food eateries - Wen Ji Noodles 文记车仔面. It is famous because it 入榜米其林指南香港街头小吃 in 2017!


I guess this was one of the few stalls nearby that had people coming from different parts of HK queuing for.

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