The Haiphong Road temporary market is not "temporary", standing in Tsim Sha Tsui for 40 years to witness the changes of Hong Kong through the ages

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Written by: Extraordinary Publishing

2020-09-03 23:07

Last update date: 2020-09-03 23:07

Overlooking the crowds at the bottom of the bridge, the high-altitude glass curtain wall with its head raised; the secret location of the back alley within the ridge of the group is a mysterious hidden temporary market.

There is a high-end Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, and there is also a cooked food market for the common people. The rich and the poor meet their needs. The food reflects the diverse culture of Hong Kong and is also fully displayed in the temporary market on Haiphong Road.

The most authentic delicacies such as beef balls, satay beef or five-spice diced pork noodles, kaya toast milk tea, coffee bean ice, etc., stand firmly at the top of the history of Hong Kong’s food culture, which is the originator of the so-called tea restaurant .

One Peking Road was originally a two-storey high-rise market. The vendors were temporarily relocated for management. As a result, the Haiphong Road Temporary Cooked Food Hawker Market was established. Such a concentrated spot for the taste of Hong Kong civilians has operated more than 40 inconspicuously. The heat and cold have witnessed the changes in Tsim Sha Tsui through the ages.

The card stalls must be clear

To get into the legendary food market, you must first find the entrance next to the Haiphong Road garbage station, walk through the colorful flower stalls and walk straight in, then pass the fruit stalls and stalls, until you find the entrance to the cooked food market.

The environment inside is really crowded, and it is even more embarrassing in the wind and rain, but as long as the nearby shops are open, there will be a crowd at noon.

Gathering the best of the “big-brand stalls” in Tsim Sha Tsui in the past, the sparrows are small, but the choices are all-inclusive, and the side dishes and dinners are also available. Because of the management relationship, the business hours are only until about 9 pm, unlike the old roadside scenery. All night long.

In the past, Hong Kong residents came from all corners of the world, especially chefs who can cook the world’s delicacies barefoot and south, relying on their own skills to expect to be able to play their own signatures, so that there were many "ghost stalls" in the streets and alleys. In 1921, the government divided the hawker licenses into "Big brand" fixed hawkers and "small brand" mobile hawkers.

After World War II, the Hong Kong government issued licenses to allow cooked food to be operated in public places in order to appease the families of civil servants who were killed or wounded during the war.

In the 1950s, the "big brand" and "fixed food stalls" were combined, and the government issued a fixed-pitch hawker license. The license was a large piece of paper that needed to be framed and hung in a prominent position. Historical origin.

The big-name stalls also have their own specialties, ranging from northern and southern dishes, fine milk tea, coffee, and more, even porridge, noodles and rice.

Especially at night, the card stalls must be brightly lit, and in the open kitchen like a leather house, the atmosphere of the flood furnace and the wok is full of people.

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40-year-old Tsim Sha Tsui Haiphong Road Temporary Market was rebuilt at the end of November 2018

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Move into the shop

In the 1980s, the Hong Kong Government was determined to rectify the appearance of the city. It set up temporary markets in Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan, Sham Shui Po and Yau Tsim districts under the jurisdiction of the Urban Council of that year, and incorporated various hawker stalls in the streets and lanes for management.

Unfortunately, because it is mostly located on the upper floors of municipal buildings, it is inconvenient for the public to enter and exit and the flavor is lost. This "upstairs" plan is generally unpopular.

When the government develops new towns to build a new generation of public housing, the design of housing estates can also take into account the dietary needs of residents, and thus develop Big Brand 2.0, which can match the low-cost restaurants in housing estates. It also bans roadside stalls and big brand stalls. , Yituan has tens of thousands of Guangsha, sheltering the world's poor people with joy.

The first cooked food stall in the housing estate started in Oi Man Village. It was also known as the "Mushroom Pavilion" because it arched the middle of the oil fume outlet.

Today, the government has gradually withdrawn the licenses of the big-name stalls. The operator's license is only with the shopkeepers and cannot be hereditary. Therefore, the stalls have had only fruitful results. In addition to the redevelopment of the area, the enemy will have to transform into the shop after the storm.

Big brand stalls used to flourish, but today there are only two or thirty of them. What can't be inherited is not only the physical card stalls, but for nothing but a genuine cultural feature to fend for itself or disappear deliberately.

Gather your feet to be affectionate

In addition to food and historical value, the Haiphong Road Temporary Market is also the most expensive place for high-end commercial workers in the Canton Road area. It is also the Tsim Sha Tsui Village before the opening of Hong Kong.

When Haiphong Road is no longer used as a coastal defense, it is the love of people in the temporary market that will never change. This forty years of persistence in faith also preserves the past and flavor of the joint efforts of Hong Kong people.

Even if the place is glutinous, but sentiment is better than the environment!

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Title: "Hong Kong Zhuyin"

Author: Article: Feng Jun key map, photo: Chen Yaoci

Publisher: Extraordinary Publishing

[This article is reproduced with authorization from "Extraordinary Publishing".

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