{"id":1422,"date":"2015-12-08T11:50:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T03:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2023-11-02T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:54:24","slug":"sheung-wan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/sheung-wan","title":{"rendered":"No wonder frenchies love living in Sheung Wan!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past few years, Sheung Wan has had an influx of French expats residing there and due to this phenomenon, a lot of cafes and restaurants have opened to cater to the French community. Nowadays there\u2019s a good mix of East vs. West – on one street you get a taste of Paris, but the next street down, you\u2019ll see typical old school Chinese dried seafood and medicine shops. If you want to know what\u2019s so special about <\/span>Sheung Wan<\/span><\/a>, here are some spots worth checking out!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fulfill your matcha cravings at Sinmei Tea<\/b><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all heard of Chocolate lava cake before, but has anyone ever tried a Matcha-flavoured molten cake? Located on Wing Lok Street in Sheung Wan, <\/span>Sinmei Tea<\/span><\/a> is exclusively designed for matcha lovers – you can get a range of Matcha-flavoured food and drinks there, such as Matcha Mojito, Matcha Yin Yang and even a Matcha Sizzling Brownie. Don\u2019t worry about getting a sugar high there, because they serve savoury food too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Go for a stroll at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park<\/b><\/p>\n

Bored of Victoria Park? Head over to <\/span>Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park<\/span><\/a> instead. Located between Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun, this park has a lawn so fresh it\u2019ll make you temporarily forget you\u2019re in Hong Kong. Other than providing a picnic-perfect lawn, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park also has a magnetic seaview and includes a basketball court and football pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Connect with your spiritual side at Man Mo Temple<\/b><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t want to fight through the crowds at Wong Tai Sin temple, you can get your spiritual fix at <\/span>Man Mo Temple<\/span><\/a> in Sheung Wan instead. Built in 1847, it is the largest temple in Hong Kong and currently listed as Grade I historic building. Once you\u2019re done connecting with your spiritual side, head over to <\/span>Man Mo Cafe<\/span><\/a> for some contemporary dim sum. Foie gras xiao long bao, anyone?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the past few years, Sheung Wan has had an influx of French expats residing there and due to this phenomenon, a lot of cafes and restaurants have opened to cater to the French community. Nowadays there\u2019s a good mix of East vs. West – on one street you get a taste of Paris, but the next street down, you\u2019ll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,65],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hong-kong-living","tag-article","tag-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}