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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.
0 km · about 5 min drive
AsiaHong KongYau Tsim Mong District
Yau Ma Tei
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong · Asia
About Yau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei works well as a base: 5km from Choi Hung Estate.
Yau Ma Tei is in Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong, with about 30,000 people.
Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong.
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What is there to see near Yau Ma Tei?
Within an hour or so of Yau Ma Tei: Mido Cafe (0 km), Australia Dairy Company (1 km), Lin Heung Tea House (4 km), Victoria Peak (5 km).
Are there any good drives near Yau Ma Tei?
The nearest famous roads are Guia Circuit.
Where is Yau Ma Tei?
Yau Ma Tei is in Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,644
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Yau Tsim Mong District
- Timezone
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Coordinates
- 22.3138, 114.1686
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Worth the detour from Yau Ma Tei
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.
1 km · about 5 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.
4 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Victoria Peak
Hong Kong's highest point on the island, offering spectacular panoramic views of the city skyline and harbour.
5 km · about 10 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.
5 km · about 10 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.
5 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Ocean Park Hong Kong
Marine mammal park and theme park on the southern side of Hong Kong Island with aquarium exhibits and thrill rides.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Driving roads near Yau Ma Tei
- 65 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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