We got an invitation to a dinner for Mid-Autumn Festival and we were looking for a nice fruits or…read moreflower basket to bring along. So, this morning we set ourselves to find a simple but pretty basket in Wan Chai. You can find a ton of places that are doing this right now, but it's not so easy to find the right one, as I've found that they look very similar and sometimes too similar. Also, in most instances you can pick what you want from a range of fruits and flowers but the baskets are all the same. As we came down from the Pak Tai Temple in Stone Nullah Lane, we saw this little shop and decided to give it a go.
The lovely lady in charge seemed to be in a big hurry, arranging a huge fruits basket, which looked pretty amazing. We asked for a 'basket for the Mid-Autumn Festival' and she said, seemingly sorry to disappoint us that she had run out of fruits! As we were planning to make an order, rather than buying it on the spot, she said she could do it then! We asked for prices and even though they were fair (starting at 600HKD), we hesitated for a second. In the back of our minds, we had a DIY basket, which we considered more special and a nicer present for our great hosts. The lady explained to us that prices of fruits and flowers go up by as much as 40% during this time of the year and recommended us to try one of the stalls in the wet market, for which she even gave us a business card.
Their baskets were amazing, and she also sells flowers for special occasions, but I'm mainly reviewing this place because she has really honest and helpful, and even though she was busy, she took the time to explain all that to us.
