Bonham Strand West Street
Posted on | December 4, 2008 | No Comments
Bonham Strand West Street, Aberdeen and Cheung Chau Island are interesting places that tourists not to be missed.
Bonham Strand West Street is situated in Sheung Wan. It is famous for its dried seafood. It mostly operates on wholesale basis but nevertheless,vendors do not ignore individuals, and they are more than happy to serve individuals and educate them on the dried seafood about their usage and ways of preparation.
The street sells mostly dried seafood and medicinal herbs. It also has a nickname known as the Ginseng Alley. It is because there are specialty shops there that only sell a single item, which range from dried abalone, sharks fin, sea cucumber, fish maw, and of course, ginseng.
Ginseng is one of the most precious herbs in the Chinese traditional medicine world and it is also expensive and difficult to select and prepare. There are many ways of preparation and usage and only the Chinese medicine practitioners can tell you exactly which kind of ginseng is suitable for which kind of patients and cure the illness they are suffering from.
As the whole street sells similar kinds of dried seafood and herbs, and mainly on wholesale basis, they tend not to welcome bargain. However, since prices are competitive,they will prefer to do your business rather than pushing you to another vendor, as the Chinese always believe that having a customer is better than none.
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