Lei Feng

Hi, Just my two cents on where to enjoy dim sum in HK. I've been going to a place in North Point called "Superior Choice" for a couple of years & find that almost all of the standard dim sum items there just taste better than other restaurants. Surly, indifferent service, but.... it wouldn't be HK without! No trolleys, unfortunately - order from a menu/checklist if you can read Chinese. I think they have sort of an English menu if you ask for it. No tourists and virtually no gwailos. Very local. 1/F Cheong Ming Bldg, 480 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong Try it out!

Hi, Travelling gastronomes might want to take note - Jumbo and the other floating behemoths in Aberdeen are widely regarded as tourist traps. Living in HK 8+ years, I've never heard a local - or in fact, anyone - talk about going there. Fresh seafood, still swimming until minutes before it reaches your plate, is a common feature of restaurants in China, particularly HK & southern/eastern coastal China. Better quality, more authentic preparations, usually at cheaper prices can be found in many, many other HK restaurants. For fresh seafood, try either of the two ports on Lamma island - Yung Shue Wan or Sok Kwu Wan; various seaside places on Lantau island, including the villages of Mui Wo & Tai O; the outer islands of Cheung Chau and Peng Chau; Lei Yue Mun, east of the old Kai Tak airport, and Lau Fau Shan and Sai Kung in the New Territories. There are many other fishing villages scattered around the New Territories, but a visitor would have a bit of difficulty reaching/finding them. All the above-mentioned locales feature a similar set-up. Simple restaurants with outdoor seating along the harborfront. Pick your seafood from tanks & pails, agree on preparation method for each, pick a few accompanying dishes from the menu, and enjoy. In Sai Kung, watch out for shysters - they'll swap a frozen fish for the one you've chosen and they'll start pouring your beer into glasses before it reaches your table. What they try to do is sell you 3/4 of a large bottle of beer. Have the bottle opened at your table. I thought about that, too, but decided since the floating restaurants are pretty famous, maybe he decided to avoid them. Also, I thought I heard somewhere that the two largest and most famous had been moved from Aberdeen. Do you know? ← Jaymers, I checked with a friend in HK, and, yes, the floating restaurant is still in business - in Aberdeen. It's called the Jumbo, and if you Google "aberdeen floating restaurant" you will see it come up in all its glory . . . ←

Here's a link to some good reviews of Da Dong. http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Asia/..._Duck-BR-1.html It's my fave for the duck. Boring atmosphere, but duck to die for. Li Qun Kao Ya (Li Qun Roast Duck) is a fun atmosphere and has pretty good duck. But for food alone, Da Dong is Da Joint.

Let me first say that I have not watched a single episode of this program. I don't think it's available where I live in Hong Kong. So, if the actual content doesn't match the title, I apologize. However, the program was described to me by some people associated with another other food TV show. My reaction was basically.... disgust. Not at the thought of eating weird stuff, but that a high(ish) profile TV program on a big-time channel would go forward with such an ethnocentric, divisive concept for a TV show. Bizarre? To whom!? All this approach does is serve to separate us from each other and reinforce outdated stereotypes.

Yep. 99% sure it's Khmer, the language of Cambodia. I beleive the character that looks like a W or "UU" only appears in Khmer.