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Your favorite place in Hong Kong

Seymour

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Like I said, to each his own.

Originally Posted by Matt
dude read the post. I never mentioned 'bad fast food' I mentioned the street food places that locals rave about. I mentioned home cooking.

I spent two years with a HK Chinese girl who took me to everything from ' to some of the finest dining places on the island, and worked in a regional role that had me there ~1 week a month for a year, and then visited basically monthly for the next 2 as a I worked my way through a long distance relationship.

In that time, I have not only been home-cooked for dozens of times, and not only hit up 'bad fast food', but I have launched fine dining Cantonese restaurants in some of the world's leading hotels/ I have brought in some of the most famous chefs from HK to various new countries, I've led media cooking classes with HK chefs in hand-pulling noodles. I've hosted events in some of the most exclusive spots in the country with custom designed menus by supposed culinary legends....and even then, I end up walking out having eaten the bare minimum required by politeness (since I probably wrote the press release raving about the virtuoso chef's brilliance) and gone outside for a cheeseburger.

So...if HK isn't Asia's worst cuisine, then what is?
 

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Originally Posted by Alter
Have you ever been to Mido Cafe in Kowloon? It is an old cafe that is rather run-down but has a great atmosphere. Get the Spare Ribs Baked Rice and some milk tea. The area around there is old and interesting...good for photos.
wow, sounds really nice! i will try it this time, thanx!
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Who goes on Wednesday to Friday, huh? Some of us have to work during the week
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Let me know if you want to play with my GF while you're there, though
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i'm coming for work too, that's why during the week this time... though i'll be probably free half of the day on Saturday (have flight at 4 or 5) i will be glad to take Sofi out... i'm sure she also hasn't been to that Mido Cafe yet
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We can try it together.
Originally Posted by Mr Herbert
dim sum alone makes cantonese far better than loads of cuisines.
I wasn't very successful with dim sum also... i'm a loser in terms of cantonese food
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Originally Posted by spb_lady
I wasn't very successful with dim sum also... i'm a loser in terms of cantonese food
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Successful? As in "successful in flagging down the cart-person" or successful as in you couldn't successfully finish a meal?
 

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Originally Posted by Viktri
Successful? As in "successful in flagging down the cart-person" or successful as in you couldn't successfully finish a meal?

first variant
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actually we did it one day together with Matt... we've chosen a very local tea house which was crowded by people and we sat near the wall which meant that every time all the dishes were escaping faster than we managed to ask for them
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so we left hungry, but satisfied with a very weird cultural experience
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Originally Posted by spb_lady
first variant
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actually we did it one day together with Matt... we've chosen a very local tea house which was crowded by people and we sat near the wall which meant that every time all the dishes were escaping faster than we managed to ask for them
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so we left hungry, but satisfied with a very weird cultural experience
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yeah, flagging down the cartswomen can be a challenge if you do not act agressively, especially if you are unfamiliar with the practice.
 

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Originally Posted by Viktri
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yeah, flagging down the cartswomen can be a challenge if you do not act agressively, especially if you are unfamiliar with the practice.


yes, it seems that i'm just not skilled enough
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by the way... can anybody share a decent place for dim sum in HK?
 

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the funny part about that was we picked one out of a guidebook that fell in the path of our natural travels for the day, and it turned out to be a place that I had been to with my ex in Sheung Wan (not all that far from where she used to live in Kennedy Town). She used to insist it was one of the best places on the island. The fact that it was absolutely rammed to the point where you couldn't get a seat at any table for all the locals tends to mirror her claim about its apparent quality. We tried half a dozen things off the cart and still walked away hungry and with plenty of half eaten chunks of the sub edible on our plates.
 

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hey guys, time to go for me soon... i changed my tickets a bit so will be in HK from 3d to 6th, but my flight away on 6th is later now, that's why i will be free for half of a day for sure.

anybody in HK during this time?
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I'll be in HK the night of the 5th to the 7th... But I'm otherwise engaged on the 6th until the evening.
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Originally Posted by Eason
I'll be in HK the night of the 5th to the 7th... But I'm otherwise engaged on the 6th until the evening.
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bad boy
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anyway... send my warm greetings to the squirrel!
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if you want to play with her, I think she's looking for a play-date buddy 3rd-5th
 

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Originally Posted by Eason
if you want to play with her, I think she's looking for a play-date buddy 3rd-5th
you're embarassing me with the word "play"....
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but yes, i like squirrel, will send her a message on FB then
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Excerrent. though I believe she's more Koala than squirrel
 

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Originally Posted by Eason
Excerrent. though I believe she's more Koala than squirrel

yeah, it might be that she's a squirrel only when drunk
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i'll check this out
 

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