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Mido Cafe
A 1950s cha chaan teng on Temple Street with mosaic tiles, steel window frames and a corner upstairs table overlooking Yau Ma Tei, the archetypal Hong Kong diner.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Ma Tau Wai
Kowloon City, Hong Kong · Asia
About Ma Tau Wai
Ma Tau Wai works well as a base: 3km from Choi Hung Estate.
Ma Tau Wai is in Kowloon City, Hong Kong, with about 20,000 people.
Ma Tau Wai (Chinese: 馬頭圍, originally 碼頭圍, historically 古瑾圍) is an area in the Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was originally a walled village (Cantonese: 圍; Wai) between present-day Argyle Street and Prince Edward Road West, east of present-day St. Teresa's Hospital.
The area of Ma Tau Wai is not asRead more
well-defined as the original village, as the geographic features have been lost.
The public housing estate Ma Tau Wai Estate is named after the area / the original village.
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What is there to see near Ma Tau Wai?
Within an hour or so of Ma Tau Wai: Mido Cafe (2 km), Australia Dairy Company (2 km), Choi Hung Estate (3 km), Ping Shek Estate (3 km).
Are there any good drives near Ma Tau Wai?
The nearest famous roads are Guia Circuit.
Where is Ma Tau Wai?
Ma Tau Wai is in Kowloon City, Hong Kong.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 20,185
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Kowloon City
- Timezone
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Coordinates
- 22.3207, 114.1874
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Worth the detour from Ma Tau Wai
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
Australia Dairy Company
A Jordan institution serving steamed milk pudding and scrambled egg sandwiches at ferocious speed, where waiters clear your table while you are still chewing.
2 km · about 5 min drive
photogenic
Choi Hung Estate
A 1962 public housing estate painted in rainbow bands, with a rooftop basketball court over the car park that frames the colours against the towers.
3 km · about 5 min drive
photogenic
Ping Shek Estate
A 1970s Kowloon estate whose grey concrete stairwells and repeating balcony grids draw photographers for their brutalist symmetry, far quieter than Choi Hung.
3 km · about 5 min drive
photogenic
Monster Building
Five interlocking 1960s housing blocks in Quarry Bay whose courtyard walls of stacked flats close overhead, Hong Kong's most photographed piece of density.
5 km · about 10 min drive
restaurant
Lin Heung Tea House
A survivor of old-Canton yum cha culture where dim sum still comes round on pushed trolleys and regulars compete for it, in a room of ceiling fans and communal tables.
5 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Victoria Peak
Hong Kong's highest point on the island, offering spectacular panoramic views of the city skyline and harbour.
7 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery
A hillside temple above Sha Tin reached by a stairway lined with hundreds of life-size gilded arhat statues, each with a different face and pose.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Driving roads near Ma Tau Wai
- 67 kmGuia CircuitA 6.2km street circuit through Macau lined by armco and walls, with the impossibly tight Melco hairpin and the fast Mandarin bend. Everyday public roads outside the November Grand Prix weekend.
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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