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| An exotic mix of Chinese influence and British decadence. |
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Dim Sum.
Oh, so good. And with the waitress in my tiny restaurant not speaking any English, I had the added bonus of not knowing what was in them.
Probably for the best really. |
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| Good in hotels, non-existent everywhere else. |
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| Unfortunately, I was unable to fly into the old airport in Hong Kong. I’ve heard it was quite an experience, as your plane descended between the city’s tallest buildings and, apparently, through some people’s living rooms.
Instead, I flew into the new, purpose built airport at Chep Lap Kok and I’m afraid I can’t think of a comment that’s funnier than that name.
Of course, Hong Kong is famous for cramming people into spaces that would make even a Tokyo train conductor blush. That’s not to say that there’s no space available. It’s just that it’s not available to you.
It’s also supposed to be the most expensive city in the world, but as you can see from the “beer economies of scale”, it’s not all bad news. If you stick to the back streets, you can get cheap food and drink, and as a bonus you might get to watch a triad gang war. |
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A Hong Kong restauranteur searches for Dim Sum ingredients
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6,898,686 (2005) |
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Hong Kong |
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The Hong Kong Dollar
A$1 = 5.9 Hong Kong Dollars (1/14 of a ticket to a crap Jackie Chan movie) |
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Well, Hong Kong I guess |
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3 Surprisingly high. Maybe they were brought over during the handover in ‘99. |
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0.9 I was expecting it to be lower than this, but I hung out in some seedy joints. |
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