REVIEWER # 2 Hong…read moreKong Farmers Markets have a great variety of vegetables and fruit! I am happy to say that I was able to witness that as I was here for my vacation. During my visit in Hong Kong I found this as I was going to Tai Cheong Bakery. The Farmers Market conveniently runs through a long street from Des Veoux Road and Graham Street and is located in the center of the walkway that connects the ferry pier and the footbridge that leads to Central. The market is small compared to other markets I have seen however the amount of veggies and fruit still makes this a place to not pass up! The vendors they are pretty nice and friendly. The variety of meat that they serve is absolutely amazing. I came on a Tuesday around noon and they still had a great selection of fruits vegetables and other things as well. They also have a market called Man Kee Shing Pork Chops that you can also buy live fresh fish and many different varieties of the meat as well as fresh fruits and vegetables. On Sundays they are organized by KFBG from 11AM-5PM and Wednesdays they are organized by SEEDS from 12PM-6PM. I came on a Tuesday where they were opened from 11AM-5PM. If you are ever in the area on a Tuesday afternoon I definitely recommend this place for you to try. Contact Info: seed@seed.org.hk / info@kfbg.org REVIEW 197/196

Yeah, I do love a food market. It's the lively colorful picture that always gets me. And I can't…read morehelp but smiling even wider when it's a farmer, locally grown organic market. I knew the Farmers Market was going on when I walked past the Pier on my way to Lamma, and I knew I wasn't coming back on time to buy my veggies that day. I also knew I was coming back just to do exactly that the following Sunday morning. The market is a small one, where farmers offer their produce at large tables, placed in a square shaped area. The produce is seasonal so you'll find different veggies from time to time. Some of what they sell: leafy greens, okra, cucumber, beets, bitter gourd...Most of the farmers will expect you to ask them questions and it's a great place to learn about what you eat: there are no intermediaries so prices are fair, and affordable. The Wednesday one, which is a bit smaller than Sunday's, is organized by SEED, a foundation that promotes 'sustainable lifestyle' and has helped local farmers with the marketing of their produce. They even advertise and promote its farmers on their website so that you can get to know them beforehand. They would expect you to bring your own bag and it is also advisable to get there early, for fresher, greater variety. Do you have plans this weekend? I do...you'll find me at the Central Farmers Market on Sunday morning!

Prepare your senses (but in a fun way) before coming here. They have everything from great…read morerestaurants, fresh fruit and vegetables, live toads (not for pets) seafood, butcher shops, etc... The butcher will butcher whole hogs right in the open. Chopping a head off or a leg off the hog. Placing the chopped pieces onto hinging hooks for display. The fish guys slices open whole fish to display it's innards. Skinning live toads per order. And then there are customers in the clothes boutique across the walkway sorting through the new arrivals. There are plenty of small restaurant stalls or sit down/waiter service restaurants to choose from. From HK BBQ pork and duck to dim sum. It's all here. Bring cash!!

You might find yourself here if you are on the way to the airport and have decided to stop to shop…read moreat Citygate outlet mall, or better yet, have just come back from a trip up to see the Big Buddha. This is probably one of the better places to get food in the immediate vicinity, and is also a very fun place to walk around. It's very manageable, while having a variety of food vendors, ranging from the ordinary HK fare to the extraordinary (I would describe one of the stalls as selling post-modern kimchi). I got a claypot rice with chicken feet and pork ribs (though there was no clay pot). There was nowhere to sit, so I went not too far outside and found a concrete stoop to sit on. It was good, cheap, and filling.

Some fruit vendors only sell by the case, but shop around and you'll find everything & some. Tons…read moreof fresh fruit and veggies. Japanese grapes and Australian mangos are ginormous. Definitely recommend if you're not grossed out by the smell of raw meat. Some vendors speak English or they're type it into the calculator for you to see.

So interesting to visit the Wan Chai Market with Jacky from This Is Asia Tours…read more Wan Chai was established in the 1930s as a wet market, or a local market for fresh fish, fruits, vegetables and meat. Today, you can still choose from a wide variety of fresh fish or other seafood. That is fish that are alive in a small tank swimming and thrashing. You choose your fish, or other amphibian dinner choice, and they kill, skin and scale it for you to take home and cook. Can't get much fresher than that unless you caught it yourself. Apparently they used to have poultry as well in the past. Fears of avian flu have made that market offering virtually obsolete. The selection of baskets and baskets of fresh fruits and vegetables was quite impressive. Rambutan. Longan. Durian. Cherries. Mangosteen. Water spinach. Choi sum. Grab some spices, too. There are also bakeries filled with egg tarts and pineapples buns (that don't have pineapple) and a shop that sells snake soup that does have snake. Did not sample that one. Shop like a local at the Wan Chai Wet Market.

I saw Ma po po farm featured in a blog as one of the top 5 organic farms in Hong Kong and next…read moreSunday morning, off I was to check it out. Mapopo Farm is located in Ma Shi Po Village. I took the MRT to Fan Ling and then got on a light bus to the village. If you don't speak Cantonese you should probably bring the name of the farm written down in Cantonese characters as locals didn't seem to have a clue about it when I talked to them in English. After 15 minutes walking in circles I found out that the farm was just 2 minutes away from the bus stop... I was extremely excited to be there at last! I first visited the small market at the entrance. There wasn't much on display, just a few leafy green, potatoes, and ginger. They are all organic and prices are very reasonable. A nice old lady added some extra ginger to my bag for free. I asked some of the staff about the produce and they told me this time of the year (March) wasn't the greatest to grow vegetables and recommended I come back in June. At the time I visited the farm there was a cooking workshop going on at the other side of the market, but it was being held in Cantonese so I just wander around to see if I could pick up any words...not a chance! Just after I made my precious purchases I decided to visit the farm, as rain was on a truce. I saw a group of people doing a guided tour and I thought it was a better idea than visit on your own. That way you can find out more about what the actually grow and how the community works. However my personal tour around Mapopo was a peaceful treat to the senses...you only need to walk a few steps into the farm to feel you are in the middle of nature. After my retreat, it started to pour down again and I started my long journey back... I would recommend visiting Mapopo farm on a sunny day, arrange for a guided tour and bring your friends along. They sell their produce at their market on Wednesdays and Sundays and provided the reason is fruitful, it is worth checking it out.

Mong kok market is such a fun place for shopping and food. The shops in the streets and the ones in…read morethe buildings, both have such huge amount of goods, selling at a very reasonable price. We bought good quality jackets, dresses, pajamas from here from bunch of shops. Also got lots of souvenirs at least than half of price compared to stores in malls and airports. There are many bakery and restaurants near the streets. All selling amazing and delicious looking HK style foods. We had some quick bites while shopping, all tasted so good. I'd highly recommended this area to all tourists looking to pack up their luggage with lots of shopping.

Your Togo spot when you are in Kowloon aren in Hong Kong. Fresh fruits, vegetables and butchers…read more Plenty of knock offs down the strip. Just a mile away from ladies market if you are looking for knock offs.

There are plenty of places to buy fruit in HK, but I have chanced upon a great little stall/hole in…read morethe wall shop, that sells the slightly more off beat fruits. Based in Tin Hau, a block or so away from the MTR along Electric Road, is this little mom and pop fruit stall, which does exactly that, it sells more off beat fruits, rather than the standard fare. First thing I notice is that the fruit is fresh and ripe, but not spoiled. I find in the supermarkets in HK, they have a habit of packaging fruit and veg into bags with x number of pieces, only for you to get home and find the half of them are rotten. Here, like a market stall, you can choose your fruit individually, and they charge by weight, not number. There is always plenty on display, but never so much that they have to keep the products out to spoil. They must actually do a roaring and fast turning trade. The main highlight for me and Mrs L, is the availability of slightly odd fruits, like custard apples. Some of these things are not so available in HK, so it's good to have a stall that has them in season. Give it a go, the staff are surprisingly nice, given it is a market stall and stall holders can be surprisingly pushy, these folks are happy for you to browse and take photos, even if you don't end up buying.