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- English
No dietary accommodations. Focus: authentic local experiences.
1. Historic Chinese Quarter
Sheung Wan: Historic heart where Hong Kong began. Walk dried seafood hubs like Wing Lok Street (shark fin, bird’s nest trade). Learn how these alleys shipped laborers globally, fueling the city’s rise from 19th-century opium hub to financial center.
2. Authentic Local Eats
Where locals truly eat:
• Cha Chaan Tengs: "Silk-stocking" milk tea & French toast
• Noodle masters: Shrimp wontons in flounder broth
• Dim Sum spots: Bamboo-steamed har gow’s evolution
• Herbal tea stalls: "24 Flavors" at 1950s social hubs
3. Taste History Directly
At 7-8 stops:
✓ Eat 10+ dishes: BBQ pork, egg tarts, egg waffles
✓ See imperial ingredients: HKD$200K/catty cordyceps
✓ Debunk myths: "Silk-stocking tea" secrets
✓ Connect food-history: How scarcity birthed Cha Chaan Teng
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Sheung Wan MTR Station Exit E2 Please remember to look for the exit on the platform when you get off the train at Sheung Wan station, since you can't go back to Exit E once you get to the concourse level for Exit A-D.
Between Queens Road and Cochrane Street
Itinerary
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1
Savor har gow dumplings steamed in bamboo baskets—discover how imperial-era dim sum evolved from Silk Road fuel to today's bustling MTR snack culture.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2
Explore Hong Kong’s dried seafood market and discover prized delicacies like shark fin, bird’s nest and cordyceps. Learn why these treasures became symbols of prosperity and Cantonese culinary tradition.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
Savor Cha Chaan Teng classics: silky-smooth milk tea and crispy peanut butter French toast—Hong Kong’s ingenious postwar reinvention of Western comfort food.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4
Discover how 1953 Korean War trade embargo on China killed Hong Kong’s trade economy, pushing resourceful merchants to reinvent the city as a global financial center—turning pirate instincts into legitimate banking.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Hong Kong Queen's Road West
Watch Cantonese BBQ masters create char siu with glass-like crackling skin at historic Possession Point—where chefs perfected recipes as British forces claimed Hong Kong in 1842.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Bite into Hong Kong’s iconic egg tart— Once a lard-pastry innovation by 1920s Cantonese chefs, distinct from Portuguese custard cousins.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Hong Kong Queen's Road West
Sip traditional 'toxin-clearing' herbal brews like Five Flowers tea—a communal ritual embodying Traditional Chinese Medicine’s balance-focused philosophy for Hong Kong’s climate.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included -
8Queen's Road Central
Wonton noodles evolved from bite-sized theater snacks to hearty bowls of shrimp-packed dumplings in amber monkfish broth—a refugee chef’s reinvention of a 2,000-year-old dumpling tradition.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included -
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Chinese Tea House – Handle HK$80,000 aged pu-erh tea cakes and learn ritual brewing in unglazed clay pots. where decades of flavor layers unlock over multiple infusions
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10
Hong Kong’s iconic egg waffle—born from 1950s ingenuity using leftover lard and cracked eggs, now celebrated for its crisp lattice shell and creamy center.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
Additional info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not suitable for vegetarian
- Halal food will not be provided
- A moderate amount of walking is involved
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Additional info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not suitable for vegetarian
- Halal food will not be provided
- A moderate amount of walking is involved
- This tour is subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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