Hong Kong Market at the Barras
Get ready for a vibrant weekend full of flavour, culture, and celebration as we transform the iconic Barras Market into a buzzing Hong Kong street scene!
Feast on authentic Hong Kong cuisine, discover handcrafted goods from local makers, and soak in live entertainment – including the always spectacular Lion Dance and more cultural performances throughout the weekend.
Whether you’re a foodie, a culture lover, or just looking for a fun day out – this is one event you won’t want to miss.
Come and experience a taste of Hong Kong right here in Glasgow!
Get ready for a vibrant weekend full of flavour, culture, and celebration as we transform the iconic Barras Market into a buzzing Hong Kong street scene!
Feast on authentic Hong Kong cuisine, discover handcrafted goods from local makers, and soak in live entertainment – including the always spectacular Lion Dance and more cultural performances throughout the weekend.
Whether you’re a foodie, a culture lover, or just looking for a fun day out – this is one event you won’t want to miss.
Come and experience a taste of Hong Kong right here in Glasgow!
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00:00My name is Benny, so we're in the Barres. I'm one of the traders in the Barres market.
00:12Hong Kong market will be in this weekend and the 31st of May and to the 1st of June.
00:19So you will see some authentic Hong Kong food that you never ever tried.
00:24And some of the Hong Kong people make their own craft.
00:27And we also have some of the performance. We also have exhibitions.
00:33We also have some of the culture exchange workshops.
00:37So all you can see in this coming weekend.
00:39The Hong Kong community would like to have the Hong Kong market collaborate with the Barres market.
00:44We'd like to contribute the diversity of the cities.
00:49Also, I think the Hong Kong people mostly are new moved in Glasgow for just a few years.
00:57And we would like to showcase to the local community about what Hong Kong is, what Hong Kong people did,
01:03and why we are here and how we would like to contribute to this city.
01:08We would like to showcase what authentic Hong Kong food is.
01:12Some of them are very bizarre food that you can, if you dare, you can try it.
01:17Most of the things that you can't see from the menu in the restaurant,
01:20because most of the traders, they are homemade.
01:22So they are given the recipe from their families.
01:25So they want to like everyone try what their own family flavor would be.
01:31So I bet that you cannot find from the restaurant here.
01:35We have some of the fruit from the animal organs.
01:40Some very bizarre like chicken feed.
01:43Some people, if you don't mind to try it, you can go ahead.
01:47But of course, we have some of the really delicious ones.
01:50We have the fake shark fin soup.
01:54So people sometimes are curious what it tastes like.
01:57It's not real shark fin, but this is a fake one.
02:00And it's exactly the same with that.
02:03So if you don't mind, just come over and try.
02:07We have a Canton Opera.
02:09We also have some of the Cantonese music performance.
02:12We have some Kung Fu performance as well.
02:15We also have historical exhibitions to show what is the relationship between Scotland and Hong Kong.
02:21Because when we're doing the research,
02:22we found that there are so much connection with the Hong Kong and the Scotland.
02:26So we would like to showcase to local people.
02:28And we also want to tell them what's happening in Hong Kong for the last few years.
02:33And what's the reason make us to move in here in the last few years.
02:37As volunteers for the Hong Kong market, we would like everyone in this city to come over.
02:43And to understand about us, to enjoy the vibe and to experience.
02:49And we want to give more diversity and bring the cultures from Hong Kong to here.
02:56And we want to let the people know that we are immigrants, but we are the people who want to contribute to the city.
03:03And we are 100% willing to integrate in this city as well.
03:08And we want to welcome everyone, come to see us, come to talk with us, come to meet us and understand about us.
03:15My name's Chris Butler and I'm the manager at the Barrowlands Market.
03:17This is probably our biggest and most expansive market we're going to have ever done by us.
03:24We've been working on this for the last month.
03:27The boys have been working tirelessly around the clock.
03:30And it's hopefully going to be an amazing experience for everybody who comes down.
03:34Well, from the Hong Kong community, we've got at least 45 singular vendors from there.
03:38Plus, we've also got 120 plus of our own market stall holders as well.
03:43So it's going to be a massive event.