Hong Kong’s signature street food such as egg waffles and fish balls, as well as restaurants with local characteristics, are among popular catering choices for mainland Chinese tourists visiting the city at the start of the Labour Day “golden week” holiday on Thursday.
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Mainland visitors were found queuing up at traditional noodle shops, the city’s iconic Softee ice-cream trucks, restaurants favoured by Cantopop singers and other stalls selling street food on the first day of the five-day holiday.
Many mainlanders were also among over 200 people at the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Art Park, enjoying their food and drinks at a jazz concert.
One of them was Yuki Yang Ruoqi, 28, an online store owner from Guangzhou, who said she would stay in Hong Kong until Sunday and planned to spend less than HK$4,000 (US$515).
“Even though I’m not a music lover, I bought a glass of champagne and some snacks for a picnic here. In fact, this kind of leisure lifestyle of Hong Kong people is something we can look forward to during the holidays,” she said.
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Zheng Lichang, 26, a skincare product salesperson from Shenzhen, came to West Kowloon to sample the city’s charcoal-grilled egg waffles.