NEARBY ATTRACTIONS

Dried Seafood Street and Tonic Food Street (Des Voeux Road West, Wing Lok Street and Bonham Strand West)

Dried seafood is a common ingredient in Chinese cooking and traditional tonics, and in Hong Kong, this trade is clustered around a section of Des Voeux Road West, Wing Lok Street and Bonham Strand West in Sheung Wan, commonly known as Dried Seafood Street. Up to 50 years ago the area was dominated by salted fish stores, when workers would dry their products on rooftops, sell them on the ground floors and live on the floors in between. As the area became more residential, businesses expanded their sales pitch to include more high-end and auspicious options including the Chinese banquet favourite abalone.