Hong Kong Street Food

Written by Wong Yee Lee


Hong Kong Street Food

If you have visited Hong Kong inrepparttar past, you should have triedrepparttar 113150 typical HK street food stalls and had a taste ofrepparttar 113151 famous curry fish balls there. If you haven't, then you must make sure you will try itrepparttar 113152 next time you are there.

What is so special about it? Standing in front of a food stall like this, you will be able to see a wide selection of food choices. My favourite would berepparttar 113153 curry fish balls andrepparttar 113154 pig intestines. Of course these may not sound mouth-watering to some of you but I am sure you will be able to find something which you fancy eating. Octopus balls, beef balls, minced pork balls, octopus, squids, chilli wrapped with fish meat, chicken wings or tips, fish balls and lettuce in soup, fake shark fin soup, cow tripe and many others are all available.

Just go to Mong Kok, you can easily find one at each street corner. Then of course, these types of stalls are everywhere in HK.

Most of these stalls do not provide seating but some do. With those few which provide seating, very often you will also find noodles available. When I was small, I used to enjoy a bowl of these noodles for lunch. At that time, it did not cost me more than HK$1 per bowl. These days, you will not be able to enjoy one bowl of such noodles for at least HK$15.

Chinese Dining Etiquette

Written by Wong Yee Lee


Chinese Dining Etiquette

At Chinese meal times, Chinese people use a round or square table. Person ofrepparttar most importance would usually takerepparttar 113149 seatrepparttar 113150 farthest away fromrepparttar 113151 door whilstrepparttar 113152 youngest orrepparttar 113153 person ofrepparttar 113154 least importance would takerepparttar 113155 seat closest torepparttar 113156 door.

However, if you arerepparttar 113157 host, usually you would takerepparttar 113158 seat which is closest torepparttar 113159 walkway since it allowsrepparttar 113160 most convenient movement byrepparttar 113161 host.

Unlikerepparttar 113162 western style, Chinese people do not use forks and knives. We use a pair of chopsticks and spoons. Unlike Japanese chopsticks, Chinese chopsticks have both ends ofrepparttar 113163 same size whilst Japanese ones have one end sharper thanrepparttar 113164 other.

There are several things to remember when you use chopsticks.

- Don't dig inrepparttar 113165 food on a plate but just getrepparttar 113166 piece which you want to get - Don't pick one piece then drop it back inrepparttar 113167 plate and change to another piece - Don't let your chopsticks be covered with food juice or residue - Don't use chopsticks to beat any utensils to make any noise - Don't wave your chopsticks - Don't use chopsticks like forks - Don't use chopsticks as toothpicks - Don't lick or suck your chopsticks - Don't put chopsticks vertically in rice in a bowl since it resemblesrepparttar 113168 incense sticks forrepparttar 113169 dead

Particularly after SARS, it is more common these days that people use a pair of common chopsticks for fetchingrepparttar 113170 food onrepparttar 113171 plates. Don't forget to swap your own chopsticks withrepparttar 113172 ones provided when gettingrepparttar 113173 food because of hygiene reasons.

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