{"id":1275,"date":"2010-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2010-08-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T00:00:00","slug":"50_things_i_love_about_hong_ko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=1275","title":{"rendered":"50 Things I Love About Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSai Kung, my favourite place in Hong Kong<\/i>
\nHow fast a year has gone by. Today I leave Hong Kong on an evening Singapore Airlines (of course) flight back to Singapore after what has been an absolutely fantastic year in Hong Kong. For a person who’s been in Hong Kong for just one year, I think I’ve been really good in making an effort to know the city. I’m leaving Hong Kong with mixed feelings as I actually can’t bear to leave it. If I loved my job more in Hong Kong, I’d probably have chosen to stay awhile longer. But there’s something I need to do at the moment and I want to do it in Singapore, so back I go. Hopefully I’ll return to Hong Kong to live one day. While I’m away from Hong Kong, here are the things I love and will miss about one of my favourite cities!
\nFOOD<\/strong><\/u>
\n1. I can get food at any time, anywhere!
\n2. Whatever the size of your wallet, you can always get good food.
\n3. Dai pai dongs<\/i>
\n4. Fantastic Cantonese food
\n5. Tasty and great variety of dimsum
\n6. The great variety of food – Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Italian, French, German, etc
\n7. The shops – \u51c9\u8336\u94fa – that sell traditional herbal teas that are in every other street corner
\n8. Good patisseries
\n9. All the dessert shops (\u7cd6\u6c34\u94fa) selling traditional Cantonese desserts
\n10. High tea at the Intercontinental – fantastic view from the dining area (I think it beats The Peninsula)
\n11. Freshly baked egg tarts of traditional bakeries at every other street
\n12. The wet markets with all the fresh vegetables and live seafood
\n13. Citysuper supermarket (especially the one in Causeway Bay ‘cos it’s the biggest!)
\n14. SOGO’s supermarket
\n15. Vegetable farms in the New Territories
\n16. \u98f2\u98df\u7537\u5973 \uff0d the very well-written and well-researched weekly food magazine which comes with the trashy tabloid \u5ffd\u7136\u4e00\u5468. I buy the latter just to get the former – really.
\n17. Jenny’s Bakery – love their pineapple tarts and butter cookies!
\nTRANSPORT<\/strong><\/u>
\n18. Star ferries that ply the harbour and the outlying islands
\n19. Trams in Hong Kong Island, more affectionately known as the ‘ting ting’ by the locals
\n20. Efficient and well-run MTR train system
\n21. Mini-buses, even if the drivers drive like maniacs
\n22. The frequency of buses and its comprehensive network
\n23. Octopus cards that can be used to make payment at all major shops, car parks and even vending machines
\n24. Chep Lap Kok international airport
\n25. The Airport Express – the best airport commute in the world
\n26. Taxis – you can flag one down easily any time, anywhere
\nPLACES<\/strong><\/u>
\n27. Tai O fishing village in Lantau Island for the unique lifestyle it offers Hong Kongers
\n28. Central (\u4e2d\u74b0) for its little alleys and mix of modern and old-styled shops and restaurants
\n29. Hong Kong skyline as you look at it from the Kowloon side
\n30. Victoria Harbour
\n31. Victoria Park (just a five-minute walk from where I live)
\n32. Mong Kok’s madness and quirky streets like Goldfish Street
\nGEOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/u>
\n33. Dragon’s Back hiking trail – one of the best urban trails
\n34. Sai Kung for all the outdoor activities it offers – hiking, coastal trekking, stream trekking, wakeboarding, boating
\n35. Lantau Island for similar outdoor activities to Sai Kung that it offers
\n36. All the hills in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories that offer numerous hiking trails
\n37. Mild winters – I can’t deal with harsh winters and Hong Kong’s winters are perfect for me!
\n38. Proximity to China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and South East Asia
\nSERVICES<\/strong><\/u>
\n39. Efficiency of the immigration department
\n40. Efficiency of services – time is money, so people do things fast!
\n41. Laundrettes that are everywhere and provide cheap laundry services
\n42. Traditional Chinese Medicine physicians are recognised and allowed to give out medical certificates
\n43. Being able to hire a junk boat or yacht for an affordable price, for a whole day and with food catered! Makes going out to sea a very accessible and affordable activity for the masses – fantastic!
\nPEOPLE<\/strong><\/u>
\n44. The cosmopolitan and international mix of people with a respect and tolerance for people of different races, creed and religion to co-exist
\n45. Tradition and modernity co-exist in this cosmopolitan city
\n46. People can protest and take part in demonstrations without getting arrested. People actually make the effort to take part in a demonstration \/ protest for a cause they believe in.
\nSHOPPING<\/strong><\/u>
\n47. My favourite lifestyle shop G.O.D
\n48. H&M – I never walk of the store empty-handed
\n49. Cheap tickets for concerts staged by Hong Kong artistes
\n50. Cameras are relatively cheaper – I love my new waterproof Pentax Optio!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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