Just a 50 minutes bus ride from Central, you can step into a laidback village type of life in Stanley Market.
You can explore the shops in the market and Stanley Plaza, which boasts a number of eateries. There are also a few restaurants along the seafront towards Murray House and the Pier, next to the Tin Hau temple.
There is also a small cha can teang called Si Yik, which serves toast and noodles with milk tea and is usually open till 1230 pm.
Check out the souvenir shops, as well as the 3-4 art galleries. The shops are open most days and, of course, are busier on the weekends. Do watch out for cyclists who illegally cycle along the pathways between the shops - one of them actually rode into my wife, bruising her shoulder.
Access is easy, with minibus 40 from Jardine Bazaar in Causeway Bay and bus 6 from Central, among others.