I stumbled on this boutique shop while walking around Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui on a trip to…read moreHong Kong and found that they were doing a limited time collaboration with Hello Kitty co-branded products. I picked a purse gift for my girlfriend here and the shopkeeper helped me choose the best looking one out of the available inventory, wrap it, and bag it. She also threw in a free cookie. While everything is very pricey, I felt the novelty and genuine quality of the products were worth it. Only reason it's not five stars is that the shop is literally the size of a minivan and so the selection is quite limited. My girlfriend loves the gift and I'm glad I found this place!

I came across this company via Texworld exhibition in New York. I've heard of SAM LUNG for many…read moreyears, and worked with them via factories before. But it is the first time I visit their office. The staff is very helpful to find what I need. Their show room is amazing, showing a wide variety of made in Japan embroidery thread. There was metallic knitting yarn, beautiful embroidery thread for machine embroidery, embroidery thread for denim washing too! I paid with electric payment, and they helped me to ship it to my factory in Vietnam. The process was a breeze. Took home all their catalogs (all free of charge!!!)

This is a cute little store with an eclectic mix of merchandize, from home goods to clothing and…read moreaccessories to tea leaves. They use a lot of Hong Kong elements in their design, such of photos of the 60s on a placemat, mahjong or neon signs for a tote bag, double happiness for a cup lid, an apron that says kitchen god or open rice. If you speak Cantonese, you can appreciate the humor of some of the designs. However, not everything has a tourist look. Travelers can definitely come here to get some nice souvenirs to take home. Compare to what you may find in places like Stanley and Mong Kok, the stuff here is made with higher quality and with a less common designs. Naturally, expect to pay more and no price haggling.

There used to be quite a lot of these shops. The shop owner will rent out a "cubicle" to those who…read morewish to sell their products like handmade craft, watches, jewels, contact lens, you name it. However, over the years, it seems like this hype has faded away because of the online shopping and also the insanely skyrocketing rent everywhere in Hong Kong, Therefore I was rather surprised to see this in a shopping mall in Shatin as one would imagine the rent can take a toll on shops like this. Anyways, I spent some time inside and though the shop itself is fairly small, it does have all kind of stuff. Though I did not find anything I like, I was just pleased this culture got to carry on for a few more years as it gives young entrepreneur such confidence in starting their own business. Yet, when talking to my friends, they told me that so many shops that have the same service tend to "test the water" by renting out the "cubicle", so once they know what the local market likes, they tend to get the product directly from China as it is cheaper and seem to have lost the value to places like this. But at the end of the day, business is business and I do not know if that is true of not but I am just happy to see shops like this survived the tide of being swept away by the high rent.

Shopping in Hong Kong…read more.. We stopped at this store because of its name: CHEAP LAB It was kind of like a "dollar store", but not quite. I got a pair of bunny socks for 12 HK$ and some red envelopes with Cony on them - thanks to Irene for pointing them out! She even went upstairs and found a Cony and Brown notebook set for 30 HK$! Wow! It was on sale because it was the last one. I found a bunny towel that can squish into my luggage. I wasn't able to get any cute containers with Sanrio character... My luggage is packed already! Haha! This store was a bit crowded as aisles are not wide and customers are looking at items and blocking tthe way. There were many interesting finds!

Cheap Lab...IMO reminiscent of Dollar General because of the glaring yellow banner…read more The name was not appealing but the bright lights and what I can assume was non-licensed Disney lunar new year wall signs / decor drew me in. Stitch, Mickey, Donald & Daisy with red and gold Chinese sayings were an easy souvenir pick up. Just a few bucks and everything was reasonably priced. I ended up getting pens I had not seen in the US, some stationary items, keychains, and buy 4 get 1 free sticker. The latter if you are remotely into sticker collection will blow your mind. You have to go downstairs and it is wall to wall sheets of stickers. Every animal imaginable, food, pets, shapes, sports, etc. Averages out to $1.50 USD per sheet; I got 3 different penguin sheets! Score for me. :) The cashier did not speak English but the register display is very large. Worked out fine for me since I only had to pay.

Great tea experience with people willing to teach you. Every type of tea but I particularly liked…read morethe Yunnan black teas. Bought an aged cake of tea for home. An aged one from the year 2015.

Sheung Yu is the gift shop of the Tea Museum located inside Hong Kong Park…read more If you are looking for some keepsakes or gifts for your tea loving friends, you won't be disappointed. No photographs allowed inside the shop so I could not show you how nice their tea set selections are and you have to take my word for it. The ladies working there are tea lovers themselves and would answer all your questions. My tea set was nicely wrapped for it's trip back to Canada!

This shop has just opened in Hong Kong. As I walked down Stone Nullah Lane the other day I noticed…read morethe works at one of its corner was coming to an end and it looked pretty cool but I had no idea what was opening there. I didn't expect it to be a clothes store, but as I came back to the area yesterday evening I saw the flowers outside and went in to have a look. As it was late in the evening and they were possibly about to close, there were only a couple of customers but a lot of staff, all of them very friendly. The shop is nicely decorated, with concrete and wood and they have clothes for both men and women. As far as I could see they had no shoes but since they opened two days ago they may have in the future. I asked if they had something for me, for a bit of a formal occasion, but not too serious so that I can wear on weekdays too and they showed me two dresses: one in silk and one in cotton, both nice, but not what I was looking for. Price tags were very reasonable. I probably like the men's section more, especially the hanger closer to the door, with some unique designs. The rest of it seems too classic. Some of the men's brands I saw were Bench and Nautica. This is probably a very early review and I'm planning to come back since they are receiving new stocks every day this week. I'll update accordingly!

Lovely little designer boutique at Hennessy Road, not too far away from Wan Chai station. Jewelry,…read morenice clothes and all kinds of other neat designer must haves from all over the world(and particularly Hongkong). Always worth a visit