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Buying fish & meat products in HK

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    Cool Buying fish & meat products in HK

    Hi all!
    Totally a newbie here (arrived this past Thursday)
    I know you can get chicken and other meats at most supermarkets but I'm looking for the old butcher + fishmonger experience. Anything like that around Central that someone can recommend?

    Thanks


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    You would be looking for a wet market. I'm only familiar with Causeway Bay Market. The approximate address is 21 Bowrington Road.

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    Welcome, RomiSi

    The local equivalent of butchers/ poulterers/ fishmongers/ greengrocers/ fruiterers/ bulk food suppliers is the "wet market" - theyre in just about every district. The smell can be dire, but turnover of stock is so high that you're not going to go down with a lurgy from buying your meat or fish there.

    Note however that local people do not use the same cuts of meat or many of the same species of fish as wherever you might have come from ... if you want a properly cut rump steak, haddock or the like, you DO need to go to an expensive, western-style supermarket (same as you need to find a specialist oriental products shop if you want to get something like dried scallops or chickens' feet in a European city).

    And of course the stallholders are doing those jobs mostly because they do not have the education to get easier or better paid jobs (many of the older ones might not have been to school at all), so don't expect much in the way of English.

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    Western style or chinese style? There is a very very significant premium for one of those types of butcher / deli / fish monger experience.

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    Thanks!

    I know there's a wet market nearby where I live, went there on a previous trip here to get some veggies, flowers and nuts. Will need to explore some more

    If you have any specific supermarkets that have a nice selection of meat & fish I'd love to put it on my list to check out


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    Quote Originally Posted by shri:
    Western style or chinese style? There is a very very significant premium for one of those types of butcher / deli / fish monger experience.
    Hi shri - I'm looking for something Western I guess. to remind me of home :P

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    CitySuper is pretty close to home. It's a bit high end but sells a lot of Western stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chingleutsch:

    And of course the stallholders are doing those jobs mostly because they do not have the education to get easier or better paid jobs (many of the older ones might not have been to school at all), so don't expect much in the way of English.
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