weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

This final post of the Wan Chai market brings us to the ever-present green vegetables that make up a considerable and important part of the daily food intake for the locals. We also see a stall having eggs on display, including the impressively, but of course incorrectly named "Thousand Year Eggs", which are really eggs that have been preserved by soaking them in a brine of salt and lye. They are considered a delicacy in this part of the world. I finish this post and our visit to Wan Chai off with a couple of images of a shop sign, window display at a gold shop and an interesting sign for a local "double decker tram" stop.


Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction to THIS SERIES on SOUTH & EAST ASIA. See it at
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724330-1.html

HONG KONG COUNTRY INFO in set # 196: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-762698-1.html

WAN CHAI INFO in set # 198: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-762881-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list at UHH, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105

Thanks for visiting, for improved clarity please view the downloads. I look forward to your comments and questions.

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1 - Mixed plate: Corn, aubergines, cucumbers, mushroom, Chinese zucchini

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2 - Another selection: Corn, Chinese zucchini, aubergines, bitter melon

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3 - Chinese chives

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4 - Choy Sum

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5 - Morning glory

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6 - Egg vendor with a variety of eggs

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7 - Closer take of the pickled "Thousand Year Eggs"

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8 - Adjacent to the market: Sign of a pawn shop

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9 - Higher value shop: Gold merchandise

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10 - Cute sign for a double-decker tram station

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weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

For your reference:

11 - Trip map of the Hong Kong segment of our tour, Wan Chai is at the northern coast of Hong Kong Island at the bottom of the map

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I'll pass on the thousand year eggs......

jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA

Very well done, brings back memories of days gone by.

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

Those veggies look delicious!!

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Amazing how Hong Kong exports to the world yet, as we can see by the foods sold at this market that Hong Kong imports from the world foods native to every where else too. Cool photo geography presentation.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Very colorful.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Really nice, Joe. And it's just now lunch time here. I think I'll have some gumbo.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

I am with you on these, Bill, but everything else is fair game .....

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you for looking in on the tour again, Jim, glad to hear that these images brought back (hopefully good) memories of the good old days.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Dick - they usually taste as good as they look!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks for looking in on the tour again, Mike, and your kind comment. Yes, most of the food consumed in Hong Kong has to be imported, that is just a matter of geographical fact. Most of the imports come from China, and from other nearby Asian countries like the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Hong Kong's area is smaller than that of Los Angeles, and the population is more than double. Some food is actually still produced in Hong Kong, mainly aquaculture and vegetable farming in the New Territories. I wonder how much food is produced in the city of Los Angeles, with its larger area and less than half of its population? Actually Hong Kong still has some land that has not been built over, as we will see in the coming posts, but much of that is very hilly and not suited for agriculture.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Barbara, glad to hear that you liked these colors!

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent set Joe.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Ken - good to see that my presentation of these exotic veggies (well, at least some of them) are steering you towards your state's official cuisine - Bon Appetit!