Comments on: Eating my way, and cheaply, through the Pearl of the Orient http://www.takingthekids.com/travel-diary/eating-my-way-and-cheaply-through-the-pearl-of-the-orient/ Your Guide for Family Vacations & Traveling with Kids Wed, 15 May 2013 01:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Taking the kids -- to Hong Kong at Christmas - Travel Blog http://www.takingthekids.com/travel-diary/eating-my-way-and-cheaply-through-the-pearl-of-the-orient/#comment-16166 Taking the kids -- to Hong Kong at Christmas - Travel Blog Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:12:30 +0000 http://www.takingthekids.com/?p=4246#comment-16166 [...] Hong Kong. (Locals say it would take 50 years to sample all the restaurants here. Read what I wrote about our food adventures here). We also took in the sites, celebrated and, of course, shopped till we [...]

]]> By: Oi-lin http://www.takingthekids.com/travel-diary/eating-my-way-and-cheaply-through-the-pearl-of-the-orient/#comment-16096 Oi-lin Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:58:07 +0000 http://www.takingthekids.com/?p=4246#comment-16096 “We don’t like to make reservations in Hong Kong,” says my guide Wing Lau, who grew up in Hong Kong and has lived here her entire life. “Waiting is part of the experience. “We chat.”

That is a lie attempting to make Hong Kong seem even more ~~exotic~~ for the foreign tourist. People *do* make bookings in Hong Kong, sometimes many months in advance. (How else to get time at private kitchens and clubs?) There are simply some restaurants that do not take bookings.

]]> By: In Hong Kong at Christmas — it’s all about the shopping | Taking the Kids http://www.takingthekids.com/travel-diary/eating-my-way-and-cheaply-through-the-pearl-of-the-orient/#comment-16094 In Hong Kong at Christmas — it’s all about the shopping | Taking the Kids Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:31:55 +0000 http://www.takingthekids.com/?p=4246#comment-16094 [...] take 50 years to sample all the restaurants here. Read what I wrote about our food adventures in my travel diaries). We also took in the sites, celebrated and, of course, shopped till we [...]

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