Graham Street Market — Local services in Hong Kong

This market is the best reason to stay in Hong Kong side, if staying longer than a week. I am from The Philippines, so eating out three times a day when in HK for a 10-day vacation (at a time) can be prohibitive, if not punishing. The meat and seafoods are fresh, and so are the vegetables - on the cheap side, too. Eggs are a dollar at most, compared to 2-3HKD ea at Park N Shop or Wellcome, and both are literally stones throw away. It is a walking distance to PMQ, Tai Cheong and Cheung Hing Kee dumplings at Lyndhurst (also in Lock Road, TST). Pass by when you go visit the street art...

Graham Street is a historical street market in Central District. The area around Graham and Gage Street, near the Mid-level escalator is a good spot if you are interested in seeing an open-air (wet) market during your visit to Hong Kong.

Here you will find many food stalls with fresh vegetables, fruits, sundries, flowers as well as fish, pork and other foods at the Gage Street corner. It is good place to take a few pictures even if you have no intent on buying anything. Give it a few minutes if you plan on spending time...

Limited by the physical constraints of it's convenient location, Graham St Market is even more crowded than other wet markets in HK. Shoppers need to negotiate a slow but constant flow of vehicles as well as heavy foot traffic; not a great place for children and pets. Happily, also in contrast to other wet markets, most of the vendors have an adequate command of English and the service is okay. You can find almost everything you might need including cut flowers and...