Hong Kong: Finding the Perfect Souvenir
Goods from G.O.D.
If you're not going to get a dragon or Buddha tattoo at Ricky and Pinky's Parlor, then your next best bet is to pay a visit to G.O.D. (the initials are a homonym of the Cantonese phrase "to live better"). The brand's three locations in Causeway Bay, Central and Tsim Sha Tsui sell everything from chopsticks to slippers to stationery, all of it incorporating 20th-century Hong Kong imagery. Pictures of tenement buildings, Cantonese movie stars, newspaper advertisements, imaginary logos and the like are applied to bags, T-shirts and notebook covers. You might not catch all the references, but the products look good regardless.
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1. Ricky and Pinky's Parlor
79 Lockhart Road, 1st Floor, Wan Chai, Hong Kong; 852-2527-8908 22.278154114.17151 -
2. G.O.D.
Sharp Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong; 852-2890-5555 22.277689114.182413 god.com.hk -
3. G.O.D.
48 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong; 852-2805-1876 22.283923114.150883 god.com.hk -
4. G.O.D.
30 Canton Road, Shop B02, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong; 852-2784-5555 22.297914114.168828 god.com.hk
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