Wong Wing Kee Preserved Fruits Factory

This little shop is on the Hong Kong foodie walking tour and we loved tasting the different preserved fruits. Our faves were the dried water peach (sweet, salty, tangy all in one) and the salted plums. So much so that we came back the next day to buy some packs before heading back home.

If you want to impress your friends aboard with truly local snack, this is THE place.
Wong Wing Kee has been around for more than a century, owned by Wong’s four generation of family, but the shop here in Sheung Wan looks very classy, neat and clean.
The staff here are super friendly, and that is something you will be kinda of surprised to see in HK. They will offer you free sample to try, and there you can tell the difference between their products and others’ — strong flavour but not overly sweet or salty.
For expats, here is some good news. All products are labelled in their English translation too. I’d never know 腐乳 is preserved bean curd, but here you go. They have almost every local snack you can name, 話梅、陳皮、冬薑、焗蓮子、山楂餅、加應子 (hey, come to the shop and look for the translation yourself…), but also flower flavoured tea bags.
Extra bonus if you want to post the snack aboard — they can advise you which snack you can import to US and which you cannot. Very handy advice as I had absolutely zero ideas.
If you look carefully in the shop, you can also see a photo of the owner with Prince Charles. Kinda of a big deal you wouldn’t expect from a very local shop just sitting around the corner in Sheung Wan!