Streets of Hong Kong - Wan Chai Road
From Central, Wan Chai Road actually starts off on Queen's Road East. Heading north, Wan Chai Road does something of a dog leg elbow turn to the right as it intersects with Johnston Road. From here, what is often considered to be the real Wan Chai Road, the traffic laden thoroughfare across to Causeway Bay where it ends at Canal Road.
With Queen's Road East behind you and at turn just after the Rottonjee Hospital Road, Wan Chai Road narrows down quite considerably until it meets Johnston Road. It's in this area that you will find the Wan Chai market. At around the junction of Tai Wo Street, there's a beginning of an alley that cuts back to Spring Garden Lane. In essence, this is the Wan Chai market proper - with two other alleys leading up to Johnston Road. These alley-ways are peppered with stalls and hole-in-the-wall shops selling fresh produce, dried foods and a whole range of other merchandise and personal services. In amongst the shops and stalls are several tea shops [or chan-tengs], dai-paai-dongs and mobile carts selling some of Hong Kong's favourite snacks foods.
Here, we'll take you on a little tour as we head out to explore this section of Wan Chai Road.
