Western is in reality just steps away from Central's business district, but you'll feel like you're a world away as you wander the side streets and markets where vendors sell traditional Chinese goods such as herbal medicines, pungent dried seafood, ginseng and bird's nests. This is the real Hong Kong. It may all seem very exotic (some would even say disagreeable) to a first-time visitor, but these authentic food items and remedies have been a part of Chinese culture for hundreds if not thousands of years.