..... HK is truly a market economy, where something desirable is pounced upon..... as a result, it is really quite expensive to eat out, for example.... say compared to s'pore..... but the flip side is that minions eat at places that are bad for their health, food that is tasty but grease laden, poor content, etc ... result, they die younger.....
and anything really healthy and tasty is sky high price wise.... (and here we are not even taking about the ambiance of the restaurant...., which generally end up being at a hotel, because they have the space, or real estate.....)
for a place, like HK, that has a restaurant for every 100 persons ...., or officially 80,000 restaurants..... it is a sad commentary on the 'entrepreneurial spirit'.
In canada, we would say 'if u can make it at home, then eat at home' ... here it's like if ur servants can make it at home, then u r damn lucky.....lol....
the search for decent restaurants is almost like the search for the 'holy grail'.
btw, i have been looking for shatin style paper wrapped chicken (1950's).... with the wax paper,..... for eons.....; and definitely,,,,lol, since i have been back......lol...
