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Like Hong Kong, Macau is a former European colony. Portugal controlled the region from the 16th century until it was transferred back to China as a special administrative region in 1999. Macau was China’s first and last European colony. Just an hour’s ferry ride away from Hong Kong, Macau is an easy getaway to a very [...] I had mentioned our great tour guide on our trip through the Guilin area and promised to blog about her, so I better do it before I forget. The first thing Maggie Mao told us when she and her driver picked us up from the airport was that her family is from the same village as [...]
One of the must-dos on my Hong Kong list was to visit a dai pai dong (大牌檔). It’s a basically an open-air food restaurant with a few tables and stools. The key to success is rapid turnover and inexpensive food. Dai pai dong usually serve breakfast, or traditional Cantonese food like congee or noodles with [...] As I stood in front of this smoked meat stand, trying to figure what the creatures on the left were, but then realizing I didn’t really want to know, I felt a munchkin grab my leg. I looked down and realized it was this kid. Figuring he was friendly, I knelt down to take a photo of [...]
This kid came out of a house and was toddling down the pathway in front of me in his winter coat. His mom or aunt grabbed him and put him back in the house. But then he came running out again. Look at those dimples!
There are two main gustatory reasons people visit Sai Kung: one is the seafood, and the other is the original location of Honeymoon Dessert (滿記甜品). Opened in 1995, the dessert house has multiplied across Hong Kong and into China with more than 20 locations and still growing. Now, anyone who knows me knows I loathe [...]
Founded in 1894, the Craigengower Cricket Club is Hong Kong’s second oldest cricket club. But we didn’t see any cricket-playing when we were there, just a lot of ladies wearing sun visors and lawn bowling. Memberships are HK$350,000 ($65,000 CAD) or HK$600,000 ($96,000 CAD) — and that’s even on the lower end of all the [...]
Precious real estate + busy restaurant + tiny kitchen = dishes in the alley P.S. Thanks for pushing this blog’s odometer past 100,000 unique visitors! |
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