Thank you to my friend Iris and Kathy who showed me Hong Kong from the local view. I should have stayed at least 8 days, but due to interviews in London I had to shorten my HK adventures to 4 days (from the 15th to 18th of Feb). But still, it was really worthwhile and I am happy I came. So what is so special in HK about food? I tried, for experiment, a couple of local dishes, such as Chicken Feet. I am sure you are wondering what can you eat and why in hell you would do that. Still, I had 1 foot and ... it was ok. Nothing bad, nothing exceptional, but good experience. Then later on, my worst fear was the "durian". This is the deadliest fruit ever by its smell and compared to that fruit a rat dead for 1 month smells good.
I stayed with Iris' family in the New Territories (north West), in Yuen Long. It is actually closer to China than it is to the CBD and no tourist can be found there, which means everything (except for the direction signs) was written in Chinese. That made it really challenging when I was hungry and wanted to order food in a restaurant. To resume the situation, I would say that my Sweedish is as good as my Chinese, it's null! Luckily I had my HongKongese friends with me who ordered everything and I just ate whatever was coming.
Let's face it, if you stay in a central part of Hong Kong, you will be fine as most of people will speak a langage that can be assimilated to english. However, if you get lost elsewhere ... you are fucked and start praying! However, people there are very friendly and helpful.
I stayed with Iris' family in the New Territories (north West), in Yuen Long. It is actually closer to China than it is to the CBD and no tourist can be found there, which means everything (except for the direction signs) was written in Chinese. That made it really challenging when I was hungry and wanted to order food in a restaurant. To resume the situation, I would say that my Sweedish is as good as my Chinese, it's null! Luckily I had my HongKongese friends with me who ordered everything and I just ate whatever was coming.
Let's face it, if you stay in a central part of Hong Kong, you will be fine as most of people will speak a langage that can be assimilated to english. However, if you get lost elsewhere ... you are fucked and start praying! However, people there are very friendly and helpful.
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