Greeting Cards
Wong's Rice Shop Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00Before the age of supermarkets, family-run rice shops were once the only way to buy the staple grain in Hong Kong. Like his father before him, Wong Tak-Kam creates custom rice...
Wong's Dried Foods Stall Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00For six decades, Mr. Wong has been running "Sang Kee", specializing in all things dried and preserved from Chinese sausages to conpoy, jujubes to mui choy, as well as an...
Poon's Bean Curd Stall Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00Specializing in all things soy from bean sprouts to bean curd skin, Mrs. Poon’s stall first opened shop in the late 1970s, and stands as one the last handful of...
The Ice Cream Grandpa Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00I still fondly remember it was back in late-2020 at my very first street-side popup when I first heard the story of the “Ice Cream Grandpa”. 4 years later, I’m...
Chan's Roast Chestnut Cart Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00Every autumn, Mrs. Chan busts out her mobile cart fitted with a giant gas-powered wok, hand-roasting chestnuts and sweet potatoes at the Mong Kok Flower Market. Year after year, the...
The Coppersmiths Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00After primary school, the Luk brothers began apprenticing with their father who founded Bing Kee Copperware in the 1940s. Their skills were acquired not so much out of interest, but...
The Alleyway Barber Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00Tucked in a narrow lane off of Shing Wong Street, an old barbershop stands frozen in time. For six decades, behind the weathered shutters and under the pitched tin roof,...
The Metal Mailbox Maker Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00When passing by older residential walk-ups around Hong Kong, it's not difficult to still find weathered yet perfectly functioning metal mailboxes adorning the entrance. These ordinary mailboxes were once ubiquitous...
So's Vegetable Stall Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00Since her mother first set up shop at the Graham Street intersection in the late 1970s, Ms. So has since taken over the family business supplying fresh produce to a...
'Markets & Stalls' Postcard Set of 6 by Alvin Lam
HK$160.00Dimension: 148 mm x 108 mm Get the classic set of 6, comprising the much-loved pieces that began it all.As part of my ongoing collection titled "Unspoken stories, unsung heroes",...
'Sunset Warriors' Postcard Set of 6 by Alvin Lam
HK$160.00Dimension: 148 mm x 108 mm Get the classic set of 6, comprising the much-loved pieces that began it all.As part of my ongoing collection titled "Unspoken stories, unsung heroes",...
Wong's Banana Stall Greeting Card by Alvin Lam
HK$40.00Amidst a bustling Mong Kok street market, toiling behind rows upon rows of guava, star fruit and an array of banana varieties, is a petite Mrs. Wong - a woman...