Shopping in HK

Thank you for visiting, despite the dearth of updates. It's gonna be a breather post here, focusing not on food and drinks but shopping. A lot of people ask me, what's good here? Well, I don't know about you but for me, it's pretty swell here, in terms of food and shopping. There are a lot of brands found here and not in other Asian countries. Or it's just HK and 1 other Asian country and that makes it exclusive enough.

I appreciate the availability and wide variety of these products here:

- Cosmetics and skincare products

- Hair products

- Designer brands

- Monki 

Since we are living in a highly globalised world now, it's common to see the same big brands in every big city so check out the price differences after currency conversions yourself. Things could be slightly cheaper here since it's tax-free.

And since I live here, I don't treat this place as a hit and run (rather, buy and run) 3D2N weekend getaway. I am not brand focused here. I am product focused. So unless you want to use the same skincare products as me, or same hair products as me, or share my same impeccable taste in kooky designers, please don't ask me for a recommendation. I do not know your style.

Whatever it is, just go Monki. I heart the clothes there.

To make this post slightly more useful, a few shopping malls ladies (and their male porters) can trawl are Argyle Center (Mongkok Exit B2), Beverly Island (CWB Exit E) and Rise Shopping Arcade (TST Exit B2). There are tons more of such small-scale shopping centres with shoe-box-sized shops crammed inside, of course. 

Outlet shopping is available at Citygate (Tung Chung station) and Horizon Plaza (no MTR station nearby). I have not been to these outlets for a long time so I cannot comment on the price and selection.