ORBIS · The World Shopping Atlas

Asia Pacific — Japan, HK & Thailand

530 entries · curated ORBIS register · 1–150 of 530

Hong Kong's street markets give this plate its rhythm, and Graham Street Market in Central keeps an 1800s trading street alive on a steep slope. Bowrington Road Market and Wan Chai Market sell fresh produce and seafood from stalls that open early. Mong Kok has a market for flowers and another for goldfish, listed here as the Flower Market and the Goldfish Market. The Bird Market on Yuen Po Street holds 69 shops of songbirds, and Cat Street in Sheung Wan holds the antiques and the Mao memorabilia. Coffee follows the markets, with % Arabica pouring single-origin espresso in minimalist bars across the city. The Coffee Academics opened in 2012 as one of Hong Kong's first specialty roasters, and Bakehouse draws its queues for the sourdough egg tart. Thailand brings silk and perfume to the same plate, with Jim Thompson for hand-woven Thai silk and Prissana for artistic perfumery from Bangkok. Hanoi's Tan My Design on Hang Gai adds double-sided silk embroidery made at the source.

Where these shops are

530 shops; most are in Vietnam (112), Indonesia (73), Thailand (67), Malaysia (66), Hong Kong (50). 35 sell mainly online.

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