can’t wait for your post on best HK restos. I’ve been making my way through a seriously good list of places over the past year. Validation from the Marketman would be great.

Ragamuffin, would you actually post a blog on your favorite places?

I love Chinese food but basically loves the Chinese food here better than those served there. Its probably that the Chinese foood served here is already catered to our taste. I love the Chinese foods better in San Francisco and other Chinese buffets in San Diego, Asian Buffet near Knotts Berry Farm. A friend once said, you might not like the Chinese food there in Hongkong! I just laughed it off, and I think its true. One thing we are also afraid of the hygiene of people preparing it as well as the Chinese food in Chinatown here in Manila. My friend doesnt eat siopao unless it is homemaid and bought from a person she knows. Have you heard in the news the siopao in China contains boiled cardboards. We ended up eating in Jollibbee and Kentucky which are more expensive than what we have here.

I hope you can present Chinese food there which are catered to Filipino taste and which are affordable. Some Filipinos are afraid that they might eat foods which are from cat.

If you are a tourist guide, how would you tour your Filipino clients there in Hongkong? Mongkok is more expensive than Divisoria. What souvenirs can you suggest which is definitely from Hongkong! Like cable cars from San Francisco, mini Eiffel towers from Paris, mini Petronas towers from Malaysia. I was just able to buy Hongkong t-shirts there. My best buy was probably the Chinese costume for my nephew which we bought near the department stores where most Filipinos go around.

Hongkong is such a small country but the transportation system is really organized. Only few people use private cars. MRT, buses and cable cars are more used.

The only drawback to Hongkong tourism is that Chinese dont know how to speak in English. If you get lost, nobody is going to help you. You will just be lucky to see Fiipinos! When we took out McDonald’s, surprisingly, many had been asking were we bought it. Filipinos and Americans are pretty excited about McDonalds there, which we frequently ignore back home.

I enjoyed Hongkong Disneyland better than US Disneyland. First, HK Disneyland had its own train going there, another feature is that it is just small like Enchanted Kingdom which you will better appreciate more if you reallly want rest and vacation. In Anaheim, you feel so exhausted after your Disneyland trip. Florida is even more tiring!