Hard day shopping in HK

We went shopping over the New Year weekend for traditional holiday decorations (lanterns etc) and flowers (cherry blossom; yellow gourd-type things; pussy willow etc). Hong Kong was virtually empty -- shopping is a national past time, but it's not lucky to buy new things immediately before or during the holiday period.

2.5 years on, I still find the Hong Kong signage; street scenes and markets fascinating - and very picturesque.

After shopping, we treated ourselves to a fish & chip lunch at 'The Chippy' - a tiny fish and chip shop incongruously placed in the middle of a Cantonese market, but inside it's an immediate transportation to a London cafe complete with the UK Sunday papers; pickled eggs; Capital Radio streamed via the web live etc etc. And deep-fried Mars bars. London prices too :(

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