In collaboration with Peak of Mind It can be hard for people to find the words to show their support for loved ones going through a tough time. Writing simple messages...
Before 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...
For 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...
"The Dai Pai Dong" —a fiery piece capturing the energy, heat, synergy, and spirit of Hong Kong's most authentic (and disappearing) culinary experience. It's noisy, grimy, and delicious: The dai...
Specializing 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...
I 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...
Every 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...
After 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...
Following in her father's footsteps at age 13, Ho Sau-Mei began training in the art of carving mahjong tiles by hand. Now in her mid-60s, Ho carries on her family...
Chan Lok-Choi first learned how to make birdcages at age 12, and went on to open his own shop in the '70s when the popularity of bird-keeping in Hong Kong...
Tucked 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,...
When 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...