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8 sweets: Luk Kam Kee is also a great place to grab fortune candies for your “cyun hap” — candy box — including these eight traditional sweets.Roasted seeds: In Cantonese culture, the act of grabbing roasted seeds from a candy box symbolizes the accumulation of fortune.Shanghai Luk Kam Kee: Dubbed the king of roasted seeds, Shanghai Luk Kam Kee has been selling seeds and traditional snacks in Hong Kong for more than five decades.50 tons of roasted seeds: ‘We produce around 70-80 tons of seeds every year — and usually 50 tons of them will be sold during Lunar New Year,’ says Bao Yiu-wah, promotion manager at Shanghai Luk Kam Kee.Soy sauce black seeds: The most popular item in the store is soy sauce-flavored black seeds. Roasted watermelon seeds are boiled in soy sauce before being fried until they’re dry and crispy.Seedy business: Joyce Luk (left) and her cousin Bao Yiu-wah are the store’s second-generation owners.Multiple flavors: ‘The red ones are seeds from melons. The black ones are from watermelons. And the white ones are pumpkin seeds. We have about 20 different types of seeds in the store,’ says Bao.The original store: The brand now operates three retail stores specializing in seeds as well as a seed-roasting factory in Hong Kong. The oldest store is in Tsuen Wan.
