買東西，吃東西 (Shop, Eat, Repeat) is a must in Hong Kong! This is my final post feature on Dragon Centre that I strongly suggest you drop by, especially if you’re on the hunt for frugal shopping.
This is one of the places your travel guidebooks won’t tell you. But it’s ok, let Jong spill it!
The next time I’m shopping in Hong Kong, I’m coming here. During the entire trip, this was one of the places I bought the majority of my items from since everything was nothing but affordable! Other than the usual shops at the lower levels, you must pop by the 5th-7th floors dedicated to small local boutiques. Called Apple Mall (yeah, a mall within a mall), you can find rows after rows of such transparent cube-shaped shops. You can literally shop till you drop here.
Here are the highlighted stores I suggest you put on your shopping list:
Little Farm is a quirky shop I stumbled upon on the 7th floor. The lovely owner was nothing but friendly and enthusiastic about suggesting products to me, and not in the hard-sell way! I was also told that she searches extensively for potential retailers to put up their selected products for sale. Talk about dedication!
You can find a mix of products and accessories like watches, bags, phone cases, home decorations, etc. here. There’ll definitely be something of interest from the abundance of products after products that fill up the store.
I bought myself a cute Yakult-looking water bottle from Little Farm – couldn’t resist! It’d captured the attention of many when I brought it to school. My classmates and lecturers were wondering whether it was the real Yakult!
Also on the 7th floor is DIII Gallery! D3 translates to Dream, Designer and Dragon Centre. You won’t miss it; it’s conjoined with Café Dream that I mentioned in my first post!
As you can tell from the name description, D3 Gallery opened in August 2010 as a place for the art and design enthusiasts to pursue taste, uniqueness and creativity. If you are or know of young local designers in Hong Kong, this might be the platform for them to work out their dreams and build their own brand business!
Can I buy everything home? T^T
I filmed (with permission from the management) and made a short video of the mall while I was there. You're welcome.
I filmed (with permission from the management) and made a short video of the mall while I was there. You're welcome.
That’s it for my posts on Dragon Centre! Maybe you can place this retail complex in your schedule the next time you leave for Hong Kong. Hopefully you’ll be fond of the place just as I did.
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