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Three Sixty
A fabulous addition to Hong Kong's food scene, Three Sixty sells a great range of organic and natural foods as well as top notch imports of hard-to-find ingredients from all over the world. The prices, or course, are high. There's also a terrific food court with cuisine from all over the World on the upper floor.
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Tibetan Gallery
This shop has an impressive selection of Tibetan religious art and artefacts, including mini-altars. You'll also find Tibetan furniture, silverware and rugs. There's a large showroom on the 1st floor.
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Times Square
The 10 floors of retail organised by type are slightly less high-end than in Central. Fashion brands and outlets include Lane Crawford, Anne Sui, Aquascutum, Birkenstock, Jessica, Marks & Spencer, Vivienne Westwood and Vivienne Tam. There are plenty of electronics and homewares. There are restaurants on the 10th to 13th floors and snack bars, cafés and a supermarket in the basement.
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Tom Lee Music Company
Tom Lee, who has almost 20 branches across the territory, is Mr Music in Hong Kong and the man to see if you're looking for Western musical instruments, including guitars, flutes, recorders and the odd mouth organ.
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Toy Museum
Top-of-the-line teddy bears, action men, Beanie Babies and Pokemon paraphernalia are crammed into a tight space here. There's a great collection of old GI Joes for dads to amuse themselves with and a toy hospital too.
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Travellers' Home
This one-stop shop has become something of a meeting place for travellers in Tsim Sha Tsui. It sells both new and used travel books (roughly 30-percent and 70-percent, respectively), schedules travel talks and hosts photo exhibitions. It has a small café corner and a message board.
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Travelmax
Travelmax sells both lightweight and cold-weather outdoor gear; kids' sizes are available. There's a good range of Eagle Creek travel products here too.
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Trendy Zone
A couple of dozen quirky little fashion outlets crowd into this micro mall selling new and vintage gear for guys and gals. It's very urban and aimed largely at a teen and twenty-something clientele.
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Tse Sui Luen
This is the most sparkling of Tse Sui Luen's dozen or so outlets and is worth visiting for its sheer opulence or garishness - however you see it. There's another branch in Tsim Sha Tsui (2926 3210; Shop A & B, Ground fl, 190 Nathan Rd).
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Vivienne Tam
This enduring brand from New York-based designer Tam, who was trained in Hong Kong, sells eminently wearable, feminine but also streetwise women's foundation pieces, light gossamer dresses and slinky tops, plus a range of accessories.
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Wah Tung China Arts
Wah Tung, the world's largest supplier of hand-decorated ceramics, has some 18,000 items on display at this showroom, just east of Pacific Place. You'll find everything from brightly painted vases and ginger jars to repro Tang-dynasty figurines.
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Walter Ma
Sophisticated but comfortable women's fashions from the daddy of Hong Kong's home-grown fashion industry. It ranges from smart-casual office wear to more glamorous evening wear.
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Wan Chai Computer Centre
This place, on the northern edge of Southorn Playground, is a cut above Hong Kong's computer emporiums. The prices on pretty much everything digital are generally keener than the local chain stores.
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Watson's Wine Cellar
The choice at this wine emporium is enormous and the staff is always willing to assist. There's a branch in Causeway Bay (2895 6975; Basement, Windsor House, 311 Gloucester Rd).
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Wattis Fine Art
No place in Hong Kong has a better collection of antique maps for sale than Wattis Fine Art. The selection of old photographs of Hong Kong and Macau is also very impressive. You enter the shop from Old Bailey St.
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Western Market
When the textile vendors were driven out of the lanes linking Queen's and Des Voeux Rds Central in the early 1990s, they were moved to this renovated old market (1906) with its distinctive four-corner towers. You'll find knick-knacks, jewellery and toys on the ground floor, piece goods on the 1st floor and bolts of cloth on the floors above it.
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Wing On
'Forever Peaceful' is notable for being locally owned. It carries a range of goods but is especially well known for inexpensive electronics and household appliances. There is another branch located in Tsim Sha Tsui (2710 6288; 345 Nathan Rd).
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Wing Shing Photo Supplies
We've received letters from readers praising the quality of the service and the competitive prices at Wing Shing. We like the hours; the boys in the north always try harder.
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Wise Kids
Nothing to plug in, nothing with batteries: Wise Kids concentrates on kids generating energy with what's upstairs. Along with stuffed toys, card games and things to build, there are practical items for parents such as toilet-lid locks and carry-alls. There's also a branch in Central (2377 9888; Shop 301, 3rd fl, Prince's Bldg, 10 Chater Rd).
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Wise Mount Sports
This is a long-standing family-run shop with camping gear, swimming goggles, pocket knives, compasses, hard-wearing bags and even sports trophies for sale.
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Yue Hwa Chinese Products Emporium
This enormous place, with seven floors of ceramics, furniture, souvenirs and clothing, has absolutely everything the souvenir-hunting tourist could possibly want, as well as bolts of silk, herbs, clothes, porcelain, luggage, umbrellas and kitchenware. There's also a branch in Tsim Sha Tsui on Kowloon Park Dr (2317 5333; 1 Kowloon Park Dr) that's entered from Peking Rd.
