Monday, January 19, 2009

Other side of Mongkok ...

EP
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The day before , accompany with co-workers to Shanghai Street
for some bakery tools . Passing through Yau Ma Tei ( near Mongkok ) ,
the corridor near Tample Street and Nathan Street and is an older
area where you can find lots of traditional trades still line on the street,
including shops selling traditional wedding dresses, fung shui tools ,books
daily commodities etc .

1.)
Before mechanization on making mooncake and other tradition
chinese pastries , those "solo trader " bakery shops use this kinda
wooden floral mold to create different shapes and characters for the
cakes / pastries …. The mold have shapes in sqare / round , with lotus ,
fishs , chinese characters etc ..




2.) Wooden chopping board ...
IF you've been to the " wet/fresh market " in Mongkok or other areas ,
you will see them in those Butchery ( meat stalls ) / fish stalls ...
besides wet market , you can also found this thick wooden chooping board
been used in roasted restaurants ( those selling " Chi Siu " / " roast chicken " etc )




3.) Clogs .....
i think better to name it Chinese wooden flip-flop .
elder generation like to wear them because it is best for slippy floor .
but it is also heavy at the same them ...



4.) all kinda bakery tools , cookware selling in a relatively cheaper price .


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow...wooden flip-flops, haha...look a bit like the ones in Japan...i wonder how painful must be to be kicked with that, haha