Yau Ma Tei Old Crafts

The Man Kee Chopping Board shop features a wall of heavy, circular wooden slabs stacked from the floor to the ceiling. Each board is carved from the thick, durable trunk of a camphor tree, chosen for its ability to withstand the constant…

Lee Wo Steelyard occupies a narrow shopfront with a signature stack of traditional wooden scales lining the entrance. For generations, this family business has manufactured hand-calibrated steelyards, the sliding-weight scales once…

The Chan Chi Kee Cutlery Company shop features a wall of cleavers hanging from simple metal hooks, arranged by weight and function. Since nineteen twenty-six, the Chan family has forged these blades from high-carbon steel, transitioning…

The Broadway Cinematheque features a curved, neon-lit facade that tucks into the corner of Public Square Street. It opened in nineteen ninety-six as a deliberate sanctuary for independent, foreign, and arthouse cinema when the city was…

The Yaumatei Tin Hau Temple sits behind a row of banyan trees, identifiable by the curling incense smoke that constantly drifts from its ornate, tiered roof. Built by local boat people in the eighteen hundreds, it served as a sanctuary for…

Koon Nam Wah Bridal is marked by a deep red storefront featuring ornate gold Chinese calligraphy. Established in the nineteen twenties, this shop specializes in traditional wedding garments like the qun kwa, a heavily embroidered two-piece…

Biu Kee Mah-Jong sits behind a sliding metal gate on Jordan Road, distinguished by rows of polished tiles resting on wooden racks in the storefront. Cheung Shun-king started carving mah-jong tiles here in the nineteen sixties, back when…