From meat cleavers to woks to solid wood chopping boards and bamboo steamers, Shanghai Street, in Kowloon, sells it all. It’s Hong Kong’s go-to street for kitchen supplies, and one of the strip’s most legendary stores is Chan Chi Kee Cutlery Co. The current owner claims that the shop was started by his grandfather “Before WWII.” As the name indicates, the brand was originally known for its knives and cleavers. Until the ‘90s, they were made in Hong Kong. When this became impractical, production was shifted to mainland China. The…
