We Spent $100 in Hong Kong and Ended Up Eating Snake Soup!

We Spent $100 in Hong Kong and Ended Up Eating Snake Soup!

We took the $100 challenge in Hong Kong to see how far one hundred dollars could stretch in one of Asia’s most expensive cities — and honestly, the result surprised us. A full day of eating, exploring, shopping, and a couple of cold pints later, we finally tallied it up.

Filmed March 2026

Places Featured:

Avenue of Stars & Bruce Lee Statue, Tsim Sha Tsui
Fu Wah Diner – https://maps.app.goo.gl/EZ2PV1fQkCJahqsz8
Kowloon Park (flamingos included)
Ladies Market, Mong Kok
The Nest Bar, Temple Street area
Temple Street Night Market

What We Cover:

How far $100 realistically goes in Hong Kong in 2026
Free things to do that don’t feel like budget compromises
Bartering wins and the one price that was just insulting
A unique soup at Temple Street with a stranger from the Philippines
The final tally — and whether we actually made it

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$100 Challenge in Hong Kong — Did We Make It?
CHAPTERS:
0:00 The challenge begins — $782 Hong Kong dollars in hand
0:37 The free waterfront that sets the whole city up perfectly
4:48 Finding Bruce Lee (and a Starbucks hot take nobody asked for)
7:21 Lunch at a Hong Kong diner the locals clearly love
10:36 Flamingos in the middle of Kowloon — actually real ones
19:41 The claw machine trap
23:12 Ladies Market: bartering wins, one walkaway, and a hat
50:49 Cold pints and a bar that almost didn’t make the cut
56:10 Temple Street Night Market — the cart that changed the evening
1:10:19 Snake soup with a stranger
1:17:24 The clay artist who stopped everyone in their tracks
1:24:51 The final number — did we actually make it?

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