Musings on Life in Hong Kong

The life story of my friend G’s praying mantis, M, in a series of pictures. (1) M trying to steal a watch. (2) His attempt to ste...

My wife and I read with our children, literally before they could read.  We bought books made with cloth so that we could read with them in ...

Literally, it is Gold Coin Chicken.  But there is really no chicken in it.  It is pieces of pork lard (肥豬肉), pork liver (豬肝), Char Siu (barb...

When I finished primary school, decades ago, we had to take the Secondary School Entrance Examination (SSEE), or 中學入學考試, if we wished to go ...

This place is a true phenomenon.    Its name says diary company, but it is in reality a 茶餐廳., but a very popular one.  It does serve diary p...

Air-dried whole ducks, duck legs, boneless duck breasts.  Air-dried pork bellies.  Pork sausages, duck liver sausages, goose liver sausage...

When I was small, people used to comment on the growing number of banks this way, “There are more banks than rice shops (銀行多過米鋪).”  The assu...