Temple Street Night Market

This weekend I ventured over to the Kowloon side of Hong Kong to attend Rob's softball game.When the game was over, (and Rob's team had won!), we picked up some oat sodas at the nearest 7-Eleven and strolled down the road to explore Kowloon. We stumbled upon an outdoor night market, which turned out to be a great source of fun on Saturday night. We found inexpensive spicy crab restaurants, souvenir shops, Chinese calligraphy booths, tee-shirt stands, sunglass huts, and all sorts of knick-knack heavy pagodas. While sifting through the goods, Rob and I casually drank beer and talked to some of the locals. Our attempts at haggling prices down were not as successful as at other markets, but none of the items we purchased were more than a few US dollars, anyway. Since visiting the market, I have learned that this was the Temple Street Night Market on Kowloon. It opens at 4 p.m. and closes at Midnight. I highly recommend visiting the market if you are in the mood to go off the beaten track for a just-fun, no-frills Saturday night.

Robert and friends, just before the game begins

Gearing up for the road...

Approaching the night market

Temple Street Night Market! Notice the outdoor restaurants to the right. Very few Westerners in this picture.  

Gloves for tinies. Not sure if it ever gets cold enough here for these.

scanning the goods

Tam, the sweetest man at the night market. He does GREAT calligraphy work. I mean, I think he does...I can't read Chinese.

After talking to him, Tam asked me to take a picture with him. Here we are!
Note the basketball painting (yes, painting) in the background. Maybe I'll commission some Carolina bball art.

We wanted to dine at this cool-looking seafood restaurant until he saw this on the menu. Fish of the Dog Style, Goose Leg, and pan-fried air bladder. No, m goi sai! We left after taking this picture.

Rob, on our way home from the night market. Christmas decorations over the highway cross-walk.