Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong – The World in One Building

If Chungking Mansions were a dish it would be chop suey, (which translates to “assorted pieces”). It’s a jumbled together mess of various ingredients, thrown into a hot pan and bound together by spice and pressure. This strange mix of people and businesses seems to have no sense of order or reason – just a flowing organic relationship to itself. But it’s more than just a stew of random phone shops, curry restaurants and dilapidated hotels – it’s unmistakably alive.