Thanks Jim, the colors and textures at these markets always fascinate me.

Thank you John, glad you enjoyed them.

Thank you Bill, glad you liked the set.

Thank you Gary, glad you liked the photos. There might have been refrigeration in the butcher shop in the first frame, but certainly not for the rest. These meat shops always made me nervous too, and my wife would never buy the meat in the market, fruits and veggies yes, but not meat, for that we went to a Western style supermarket.

Thank you Jim, the colors were what edged me on!

Thank you Vince, glad you found this set interesting, like you I wouldn't touch some of these offerings, but is is interesting to see what gets sold.

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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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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Nice shot John, I am particularly impressed with the details in the tree!

Very nice, detailed captures, Hereford!

Nice harvest shots, Mike - those dog walks of yours sure are very productive!

Nice set smilenangler, particularly liked that #2 eagle shot!

That could have worked - you basically have our gap years there, we got married in HK in 1971, then moved to Canada and moved back to Hong Kong in 1979. But we spent a month of vacation in HK in late fall 1975 and then were permanently there from September 1979 on - until 1984. Those were interesting times when HK was in full swing with great expansion projects, land reclamations, etc. - and no thoughts of handing HK back to China yet. Also, the international banks were moving in (that's what I was there for) so things were very positive. - Good shared memories, Chief!

Who knows Chief, everything is possible - what years would you have been out there?

Thanks Eugene - the praise goes to the shop keepers for doing the great layouts of these healthy subjects, I was just lucky to capture the moment!