Dried Seafood Street (official name: Des Voeux Road West) is in Sai Wan
of Hong Kong Island. It is the single area with the largest number of
shops selling dried seafood, tonic foods and traditional medicines.
Dried abalone, dried shrimp, dried scallop, dried black mushroom and
many others are widely sold in Dried Seafood Street.
In 2012, there is still no MTR accessible to Dried Seafood Street. The nearest MTR Station is Sheung Wan.
Or, you may take tram (heading for Kennedy Town) in Sheung Wan, it
takes about 10 minutes to Dried Seafood Street. Business hours is
normally from 10:00 to 18:00 daily.
Walking
around the streets, there is a special smell of dried seafood, which
may not be very pleasant to some people. Anyway, when you sense this
smell, you are already in Dried Seafood Street.
Traditional medicine
Wholesale and retail are welcome.
Bird's nest, dried scallop and fish maw.
Basically
and under normal circumstances, dried seafoof, tonic foods and
traditional medicine sold are better in quality and more reasonable in
price.
Dried scallop, dried shrimp and dried oyster
Fish Maw
Adjacent to Dried Seafood Street, it is Herbal Medicine Street (Ko Shing Street).
Islet Relics /2013
