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Everyone Wanted to Know Where is The Best Hong Kong wet markets?

The best destination for any budding gourmet when in Hong Kong. Wet markets are where you can pick up fresh from the water seafood, meat that’s still alive and kicking as well as enjoy some cheap and excellent canteen food.Whether you need some apples and pears, want to see what a star fruit looks like or just need to pick up a fresh chicken or three, the wet markets of Hong Kong remain the best place to pick up fresh produce and meat. Set in the heart of districts around the city’s wet markets are still where many Hong Kong residents still do their food shopping.

You’ll find most wet markets have moved from their traditional location on the street and are now bunker-ed down in ugly concrete carbuncles that look more like a car park than a market. Inside is pure bedlam. Dozens of independent market stalls line the walls, while fish splash around on butchers blocks and keen eyed patrons pluck the choicest chickens from their cage. You’ll also find an endless selection of fresh fruit and veg and stalls bursting with colorful flowers.

Most of the meat, especially poultry and fish, is sold live and often butchered on the spot and wet markets aren't for the faint of heart. Most stall holders won’t speak English but you will always find someone who can lend a hand in translating and many signs inside will be in English. Prices are usually cheaper than the supermarkets and you may get a good deal on a pound of apples or a lobster when the markets close around 7pm.

Graham Street wet market By far the most atmospheric wet market in Hong Kong, the stalls on Graham Street have been operating since before the turn of the last century and it’s one of the few markets still set on the street. Watch as buckets of ice are swilled down the street, market traders try and career tumbling baskets of fruit up the hill while tourists snap everything in sight with their camera. If you only see one wet market make it this one. And it's in Central.

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