Hong Kong Trip 2012 - Ladies' Market @ Tung Choi Street & Sneakers Street @ Fa Yuen Street, Mongkok

My next destination was no other than one of the famous shopping spot was budget conscious people like me - Ladies Market or more popularly known as 女人街! From the Avenue of Stars, I made my way towards the Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station to get over to Mong Kok Station. Finding the MTR was relatively easy as signs on the streets are located everywhere. 

Taking the MTR was pretty straight forward with all the routes and exits properly labelled. The only complaint that I have is the severe lack of public toilets at the MTR stations. Even at the biggest, or matbe longest would be more appropriate, MTR station which was Central station, there was not a single public toilet! In stark contrast there are always toilets available at Malaysia's LRT or KTM stations and even in most stations at Taiwan. I guess the lack of space in Hong Kong is really apparent in these situations.

HK$5 for this ride

And about 10-15 minutes later, I arrived at Mong Kok! Signboards everywhere. One of the distinct features of Hong Kong streets.

Interesting to see a cinema on its own. I guess Malaysia is the only place where the cinemas are present in most of the shopping malls. I've decided to try out the Hui Lau Shan (許留山) dessert shop at its home ground to see whether is it really better than its branches in Malaysia. 

Needless to say its nothing really to shout about. At HK$45 it's a bit more pricier than Malaysia's branch . The mangoes that they used were not that great, probably just normal honey mangoes. The shop's size is also really quite cramped and the toilet is really one of the smallest I've ever entered. Expense of development I guess. 

After a decent rest and filling up my tummy it's time for shopping!!! Although popularly known as Ladies Street, the actual name is actually Tung Choi Street. Technically it's Malaysian's version of Petaling Street with clothes, electronics, accessories being sold at a much cheaper price. I bought 4 T-shirts at HK$100 and the quality is really quite decent.

Adjacent to Tung Choi Street is Fa Yuen Street where most of the shops here are selling shoes at discounted prices. Didn't get anything from here though, can't really comment on the quality of the shoes sold. Ladies could really spend a lot of time at these 2 streets if not careful =P

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