How Kwai Chung Plaza became an affordable culinary hotspot for Hongkongers

Jarita Mak Shun-ting starts her Wednesday morning by preparing beef patties for her signature sliders before the lunch rush starts at her shop in Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung Plaza.

She opened her shop, Wagyu Butler, more than a month ago and offers small bites ranging from mini burgers and meatballs to dumplings and instant noodles at prices going from HK$18 (US$2.31) to HK$62.

Her bestseller is her beef sliders, with her Hong Kong take on the dish served with either satay or yuzu sauce.

“Kwai Chung Plaza is a place filled with innovative snacks, and I want to sell what I’ve created here, too,” Mak said.

The plaza, a shopping centre and private housing estate in Kwai Tsing district, is a rarity among the city’s malls.

Packed with small, independent, family-run shops, claw machines and mini gaming arcades, it contrasts with other larger malls that some are saying have become generic due to many of them hosting similar chain stores.

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