Carrying on from where I left off, we've now been to a couple of local, non touristy, restaurants. We're learning fast, the first night the owner / manager welcomed us with open arms and promptly recommended what turned out to be a veritable feast of all the most expensive dishes. We struggled! To be fair it was still a cheap meal and he did seem genuinely friendly and concerned that we enjoyed the food. The second night we ordered a single noodle dish each! Again we were the only westerners in the place so we came away satisfied that we had experienced the real deal.
Sunday 22 September 2013
Day 2 - in Hong Kong
Mmm, looking back on my last post.... seems I was getting a bit carried away with the grandeur of the place, sorry to wax lyrical!
Carrying on from where I left off, we've now been to a couple of local, non touristy, restaurants. We're learning fast, the first night the owner / manager welcomed us with open arms and promptly recommended what turned out to be a veritable feast of all the most expensive dishes. We struggled! To be fair it was still a cheap meal and he did seem genuinely friendly and concerned that we enjoyed the food. The second night we ordered a single noodle dish each! Again we were the only westerners in the place so we came away satisfied that we had experienced the real deal.
We spent yesterday madly fitting in as many of the tourist destinations as it's possible to do in one day, conscious that we had limited time here. Or so we thought! We finished the day with news that the biggest typhoon of the year was headed our way and that all flights out of Hong Kong have been cancelled on Monday. Guess when our flight was scheduled for? Seems like we've got a couple more days here. What we can do with the extra time in torrential rain and 50 mile an hour winds who knows? But we're just about to find out.
Carrying on from where I left off, we've now been to a couple of local, non touristy, restaurants. We're learning fast, the first night the owner / manager welcomed us with open arms and promptly recommended what turned out to be a veritable feast of all the most expensive dishes. We struggled! To be fair it was still a cheap meal and he did seem genuinely friendly and concerned that we enjoyed the food. The second night we ordered a single noodle dish each! Again we were the only westerners in the place so we came away satisfied that we had experienced the real deal.
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apparently online betting is big with the chinese. maybe hedge your frustration by betting against the plane taking off by tuesday. or else buy a kite .
ReplyDeleteits raining here as well, if that helps, just less dramatically.