You can combine as many ingredients as possible in one of these bowls of noodles. The only difference is that more ingredients more expensive your bowl of noodles will be. There are already at least four types of noodles which you can choose from - greasy noodles, flat noodles, thin noodles or rice noodles. If you want you can have some vegetables. Apart from some Chinese noodles, you can also have western choice of lettuce. Then there are meat options. The most popular would be pig's intestines, pig's blood and pig's skin. However, if these sound revolting to you, then you can choose some more common ones such as fish balls, chicken wings, meat balls, pork belly meat, fish dumplings, pork dumplings etc.

There is one thing to remember. One may not find these places very hygienic. I am not saying that you should refrain from trying any of these places since it is one of specialties in HK. The food on offer is generally very well cooked, so you should not have any problems. What you need to do is just to be careful. If you are already having difficulty acclimatizing to new environment, then I would advise you to leave these eating places until another time.

Gather your courage and I am sure food from such stalls will not disappoint you!

In a Chinese meal, an even number of dishes should be ordered. Odd numbers of dishes would be appropriate only for occasions such as meal after a funeral.

The best dish should be put in front of most important person in order to show your respect. Chicken head or duck head on a plate should not point at guests. The big bowl of soup should be placed in middle.

If you are guest, remember not to leave too much food behind because it would mean that you don't like food. Also, when you eat fish, it would be better if you just take out skeletons after finishing one side of meat than to turn whole fish upside down because it resembles a boat being turned upside down.

Rice in China is same important as potatoes in west. Some people need to eat 2 or more bowls of rice at each meal. Especially older generation, they can't have a meal without rice. However, modern Chinese tend to replace rice with congee (a kind of porridge like food made of rice boiled with a lot of water), noodles or even go without any. So if you are not a big rice eater, you still have a lot others to choose from.

With Chinese restaurants being so popular everywhere in world, I think it is time you should get a grip of how to use chopsticks.