The Shopping: Hong Kong v/s Mumbai

The interior of IFC

Shopping! I bet all the girls reading this blog are jumping with joy (not trying to be stereotypical). Both Hong Kong and Mumbai are known to be shopper’s paradise but there can only be one winner on Chindian’s blog, who will reign supreme?



The Ladies Market in Mong Kok

Hong Kong, along with Bangkok, is probably the world’s hub for counterfeit goods. From handbags to watches, clothes to shoes and DVDs to jewellery, every counterfeit essential is available at this street market. Of course, they can’t sell all these goods out in the open and that is why we have the Ladies Market in Mong Kok. However, as the name suggests, the market is not only for ladies, there is probably more stuff for men rather than women (Told you earlier, tonnes of people can’t even speak English). Apart from the Ladies Market, Hong Kong is also the home to numerous shopping malls, all over the city. Shopping malls such as IFC (a mall in Hong Kong’s tallest building) and I-Square (the newest mall in town) boast all the luxury brands you can think of.

Fashion Street in Mumbai

Mumbai is probably shopper’s paradise in India. Mumbai’s version of the Ladies Market is Fashion Street, a long cluster of roughly 150 stores. Shoes, jewellery and clothes are what you will find in abundance. Apart from Fashion Street, Colaba Causeway is popular amongst most of the tourists in Mumbai. Colaba Causeway boasts a lot of vintage artefacts as well as ethnic jewellery and clothing. Mumbai has so many different malls; it is becoming quite a task to keep up with the number. A very popular mall in Mumbai is High Street Phoenix, Mumbai’s biggest mall located in Lower Parel. High Street Phoenix recently opened a new subdivision called Palladium, which boasts some of the world’s largest luxury brands such as Zara, Calvin Klein and Burberry.



Ethnic Jewellery at Colaba Causeway





The interior of Palladium Mall

Verdict: I am not biased, I love Mumbai, but Hong Kong would take this one again. The diversity of products to choose from in Hong Kong can’t be matched by Mumbai.