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post #16 of 23
10/20/09 at 11:02am
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Originally Posted by m@T View Post
disappointment awaits. As much as I love HK, I can't think of anywhere in Asia where the food is worse.

Dhaka!
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post #17 of 23
10/20/09 at 12:50pm
hmm I guess it depends on how you define Asia. I tend to define it as 'where the yellow people are' - kind of consider the brown people continent to be a different thing altogether...I know that if we were to argue tectonic plates and all that, you would be right and I would be wrong...but ya, I would take HK cuisine over Bangladeshi
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post #18 of 23
10/20/09 at 1:10pm
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i dated a HK girl for two years. She took me everywhere....'this place is so well known for ___' - 'this place is so famous for its ____' - I've been everywhere. Plastic stools in Mongkok gutters to fine dining places with harbor views. Fish markets on islands. Private dining rooms where menu is dictated by today's produce. It's all bad.

Oily, bland crap.

Even last week, I was dragged along for wonton at some place that is 'the best wonton on the island, ask anyone' (no idea where I was - a bit west of central somewhere). No taste whatsover. Remove taste, add oil. Yeeccch.

There is but one exception to this rule - curry fishballs. Those rock. Otherwise, as much as I love the place, it is one of very few cities where I regard McDonalds as one of the better dining options.

But...but...but...Steakhouse at the Intercon!
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post #19 of 23
10/20/09 at 1:44pm
yeah, I understand Matt. frankly, I think that you can get a pretty good meal in HK, but I understand your point, you can get a pretty good meal, maybe better, in most other cities in that part of the world.

I love HK dim sum, but I had some in Penang that were much better, for maybe 1/10nth the price.
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post #20 of 23
10/20/09 at 1:57pm
Fack... I'm going there over the holidays, was really hoping there would be some good eats.
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post #21 of 23
10/20/09 at 2:01pm
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Fack... I'm going there over the holidays, was really hoping there would be some good eats.

relax, keep in mind that M@T lived in singapore and now lives in HCM. he has high expectations.
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post #22 of 23
10/21/09 at 12:32am
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Fack... I'm going there over the holidays, was really hoping there would be some good eats.
it's ok, you will love the place nonetheless. Amazing city.
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post #23 of 23
10/21/09 at 1:59pm
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I leave tomorrow morning. Pretty pumped. Not looking forward to a 14 hour flight though.
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