Secret Hong Kong: Central's Hidden Shops, Restaurants, Bars, Streets and Temples
People think we’re that magazine that just talks about Central. Challenge accepted! Here’s our guide to Central’s most clandestine spots.
Secret Shoppers
These hidden boutiques provide retail solutions to problems you didn’t even know you had.
Filling the Cofres
Bored of current trends? Check out high-end second-hand store Cofre Del Tesoro for everything from antique porcelain and furniture to designer clothes and jewelry.
2/F, 55 Queen’s Rd. Central, 2810-0052.
Dot The Dots
Up a flight of unassuming stairs on Elgin Street, The Dot houses a collection of scarves, pocket squares and travel accessories. It’s a cool concept—all of the designs are digital prints from bold European and Asian artists.
M/F, 2 Elgin St., 2386-6061.
Tiny SAR
Traditional Chinese water bottles, vintage rice cookers, woks, tea pots and a lot of Hong Kong-style small items… all miniaturized to fit in your palm. Green tin store owner Mr. Au tells us all the miniatures are handmade by a local artist.
Corner of Peel Street and Queen’s Road Central, roughly 9:30am to 5pm.
Feather Lights
Tiny Chung Leung Ching Kee on Wing Wo Street is stocked full—literally up to the ceiling—with feathers. There are fabulous and decorative feathers in many different colors and textures, as well as the widest range of feather dusters we’ve ever seen. Because who wants a dumpy duster?
7 Wing Wo St., 2544-8366.
