The Beginning of the End: Temple Street

Saturday night, I joined Lex, Anna, Kat and Kat’s mom for dinner at Temple Street. Temple Street is famous for its night market, so we decided to grab dinner before strolling through the market. While Ladies Market in Mongkok is mainly for women, as it’s mostly clothes, scarves, etc., Temple Street is the “men’s Market” and focuses on electronics, cds, videogames etc. It had a few vendors selling souvenirs and t-shirts, but not nearly as many as Mongkok. The market at Temple Street opens around 4pm and stays open until around midnight; we were there between 7 and 10pm and it wasn’t too busy, which was nice- there was actually room to walk around! 

 The entrance to Temple Street

We grabbed dinner at a restaurant on a side street. At these types of restaurants, patrons eat outside at small tables and on little stools. We shared a few dishes- sweet and sour shrimp, broccoli, some sort of noodles and veggie spring rolls. It was delicious! I will definitely miss the classic Cantonese/street food!

 Kat, Anna, Lex and I at dinner! (Lex's photo!)

We said goodbye to Kat before heading back to campus, since she was staying with her Mom and heading to India on Tuesday we wouldn’t see her again before leaving for the States. Although it was sad, we all know that since we all live relatively close this wasn’t the last time we’d see each other. We’re already planning a reunion in the future!

Walking Around Yuen Long

After taking a quick trip to an organization in Yuen Long earlier this semester for one of my classes, I’ve always wanted to go back and wander around. It seemed like such an interesting place, filled with people and activity. So Sunday afternoon, when I had nothing to do, I decided to take a stroll around Yuen Long.

This is what I found:

 

A few  fruit vendor.

Multiple meat vendors. Yep, the meat is hanging and customers just point to the piece they want and the seller puts it in a plastic bag and continues with the sale.

A bakery.

And I didn't take any pictures, but there were SO MANY people. And I was the only Westerner I saw, so of course everybody was staring at me since I stuck out like a sore thumb. Oh well. I'm glad I had the chance to go back and explore Yuen Long on my own.