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The rise of local slanguage is a social phenomenon in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, there are approximately 5.4 million active Internet users. [1] This immense number of Internet users apparently gives an impetus to the evolution of Hong Kong online forums and the birth of Hong Kong slanguage. The trend started with the development of local online ...
The phrase omakase, literally 'I leave it up to you', [3] is most commonly used when dining at Japanese restaurants where the customer leaves it up to the chef to select and serve seasonal specialties. [4] The Japanese antonym for omakase is okonomi (from 好み konomi, "preference, what one likes"), which means choosing what to order. [5]
Lin Heung Tea House in Hong Kong. Hong Kong cuisine is mainly influenced by Cantonese cuisine, European cuisines (especially British cuisine) and non-Cantonese Chinese cuisines (especially Hakka, Teochew, Hokkien and Shanghainese), as well as Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian cuisines, due to Hong Kong's past as a British colony and a long history of being an international port of commerce.
Luk Yu (Chinese: 陸羽茶室) is a teahouse and dim sum restaurant located on Stanley Street, in the Central area of Hong Kong, established in 1933. It is currently the oldest restaurant in Hong Kong. [1] It is known for its colonial style, adherence to tradition and loyal long-time customers, for whom the entire first floor is unofficially ...
According to a senior editor from the Hong Kong Chronicles Institute, predecessors to floating restaurants were once fishermen's barges from the Guangzhou and Pearl River areas. [5] They had stages built into them for people to host banquets, sing and dance. During the 1920s and 30s, Hong Kong fishermen from Aberdeen began operating similar barges.
The founder retired in 1983, and renounced his food stall license in lieu of HK$36,000 in compensation from the Hong Kong government. [ 3 ] The founder's eldest son, Mak Chi-chung ( 麥志忠 ), opened his own restaurant Chung Kee Noodles ( 忠記麵家 ), in 1986, while Mak senior partnered his son-in-law in 1989 to reincarnate his original ...
Tai Ping Koon Restaurant in Central, Hong Kong. Tai Ping Koon Restaurant ( TPK , Chinese : 太平館餐廳 ) is a restaurant in Hong Kong , with four branches located in said region in 2018. Chris Dwyer of the South China Morning Post described it as "one of the world’s oldest continually operating Chinese restaurants".
The exterior of Forum Restaurant in 2006. 8½ Otto e Mezzo – restaurant in Hong Kong; Amber – The Landmark Mandarin Oriental's modern French restaurant; Amigo – restaurant in Hong Kong, China