The "Yes" and "No" of Haich Kay?

Just a short random post about some experiences in Hongkong ~

Shorrr Ping Ar? – Besides all the eating and site seeing in Hongkong, shopping has become a major form of entertainment for both the locals and visitors from overseas. Famous shopping centres include Sogo, New Town Plaza, City Gate Shopping Centre and more. Other than actually shopping for goods, there are sometimes live performances to watch out for during the season of sales (not normal in australia) -

This includes the never-ending flow of seelai’s providing free ‘forced’ transport for you to other department sections of the store. I refer this as the S.T.R System (Seelai's That Run). Quite reliable source of transport before you decide to pay them the (fake) H5N2.
-the frequent seelai pileups around ‘red ticket’ so-called sale items, as seen from far away, it appears they are all swinging their arms around like dancing the hongkie Saturday night fever without the music.
-The unified expressions when selecting (sales) clothing - seelai picks up the shirt, pulls both sides of the shirt (maybe to test its stength), follow by a funny 'hmm' expression, and throw it back to the pile of items agressively if not satisfied.
-Tug-of-war between a sales item.... and more...

No Steak lah! - If you enjoy the australian steaks then the following may be relavent to you. Steaks are not recommended for eating in general hongkong restaurants as they will tend to be either specially treated to produce a much tender meat, or either will get a rubbery/plastic steak swimming in a litre of sauce. Edible steaks are usually found in hotels and higher end restaurants (such as promenade restaurant in Hung Hom).

"tai gwai lar, yuw mo pehn deeeeeeeeeee ar" - bargaining in general stores in hongkong is usually not possible as prices are quite standardised for the 'real' non 'farn barn' items. However when visiting the ladies market ("Lui Yun Gar'y"), it become an essential activity to take part in and sometimes very entertaining. Goods are usually bargained according to their type -

clothes - 15% - 20% depending on the quantity you buy. 30% usually results in an immediate elimination from the store.
plastic toys -20%-50%
fake watches - 20%

If you are not satisfied with the price, just say 'tai gwai orr' and slowly walk away. Usually the price suffers a negative inflation as the number of walking steps increase.

"Sik Farn Mei?" - Hongkong is a place to go when it comes to food and eating, however is usually a struggle just to settle your mind where to eat? where is good? ... a simple rule of thumb "common sense" when searching for a nice place to eat is make sure the restraunt is busy and full of customers to confirm its reliability (other than it being newly opened). Empty and quiet ones are usually not nice and to Hongkong people they refer this as ‘part wooy yiing’ ~ so quiet the waitors are busy performing the act of fly swatting.

What are your interesting experiences in Hongkong?~ to be continued....