1. Our first meal in HK:
Tuesday night we took a pass on Mickey D's and opted for something authentic. The restaurant was upstairs- so we hauled our jet lagged butts up 5 flights - where they seemed astonished to see us. [We thought it was because we were the only Americans there but after dinner we found out the real reason - when they escorted us to the ELEVATOR!]. The menu was in Chinese and they didn't speak English- so we were in trouble from the get go. But turns out there was actually only 1 item on the menu anyway- rice noodle soup with a variety of additions. As I slurped noodles from my chopsticks and splashed my shirt - I asked for a napkin- but was told they don't have napkins! Maybe packing light was going to be a bad thing...
2. Money:
We have had great fun calculating the price of things. Each US $ is about $8 Hong Kong. A bottle of Australian chardonnay is $100HK, Bill bargained for a watch at the Temple Street Night Market that started at $25 HK, while dinner for 4 costs us only $160 HK.
Speaking of dinner- Wednesday night we ate in a Japanese restaurant because we didn't notice the difference!! We chose it mainly because the menu was in English- but the food was very good (AND they had napkins.)
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