Hong Kong is looking like a go
Sep 11th, 2010, 10:34 AM
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If you get a hankering for good & inexpensive Indian food while you're staying at the Sheraton, I'll give a strong recommendation to the Woodlands restaurant, about a 5-minute walk away. The restaurant has recently moved -- it's now in the Wing-On Plaza, which is next to the Kowloon Shangri-La. Vegetarian only, which is actually not a bad idea when at most Indian places I know.
I understand that ravenous is not a word to describe Himself recently. That said, still on the Kowloon side, if you're looking for a casual but absolutely excellent buffet for dinner, check out the Cafe Kool in the Shangri-La. Top quality stuff, lots of different cuisines -- perfect when one person wants Chinese, the other wants pasta and dessert, and both feel like some sushi piggery as an appetizer.
I understand that ravenous is not a word to describe Himself recently. That said, still on the Kowloon side, if you're looking for a casual but absolutely excellent buffet for dinner, check out the Cafe Kool in the Shangri-La. Top quality stuff, lots of different cuisines -- perfect when one person wants Chinese, the other wants pasta and dessert, and both feel like some sushi piggery as an appetizer.
Sep 11th, 2010, 02:55 PM
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Only a clown from billerica would make food recommendations to someone with no appetitite. He probably makes book suggestions to Bob. Calenadars for Ekscrunchy. Fashion tips for Knunwilko.
Sep 12th, 2010, 04:22 AM
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The HKG airport is new and easy to navigate. There's a single arrival hall after exiting from customs. ATMs (probably called cash machines in HKG) are in the general direction of the exit to the Airport Express train.
Tip: If you're planning to take a taxi to the hotel, either from the airport or from the Airport Express station, get the name & address of the hotel written down in Chinese, either from the hotel's web site or by e-mail. It ill make things slightly easier, as most cabbies aren't perfectly anglophone. If you don't have this, ask whoever helps you get into the cab, either at the airport or at the Airport Express station, to give the info the the cabbie.
Tip: If you're planning to take a taxi to the hotel, either from the airport or from the Airport Express station, get the name & address of the hotel written down in Chinese, either from the hotel's web site or by e-mail. It ill make things slightly easier, as most cabbies aren't perfectly anglophone. If you don't have this, ask whoever helps you get into the cab, either at the airport or at the Airport Express station, to give the info the the cabbie.
Sep 12th, 2010, 07:19 AM
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he speaks mandarin and a number of other dialects so it should not be a problem for him....the driver may have some difficulty understanding him however, but the wild waving of the hands might help...
we are meeting his panderness at a mex restaurant in quincy tonight.... there are plastic bamboo decorations to eat if he does not like the mex offerings...
we are meeting his panderness at a mex restaurant in quincy tonight.... there are plastic bamboo decorations to eat if he does not like the mex offerings...
Sep 12th, 2010, 07:45 AM
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There are several ATMs in the arrivals hall. Those of HSBC and China Construction Bank are built into the wall, Standard Chartered stand alone. Citibank upstairs in departure level. I won't use one by Travelex as those may charge a fee.
Sep 12th, 2010, 08:03 AM
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They speak Cantonese in HK, but the symbols are approximately the same.
It looks like your hotel is in Western, older, more Chinese, lots of things to see while walking and gawking.
How long will you be in HK? Wanna take a cooking lesson?
It looks like your hotel is in Western, older, more Chinese, lots of things to see while walking and gawking.
How long will you be in HK? Wanna take a cooking lesson?
Sep 12th, 2010, 01:28 PM
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The University of HK has an excellent medical school and affiliated hospital. The hospital is called Li Ka Shing and is in Western. Dr. Sun Yat Sen went there to medical school. There's another hospital that was recommended to us named Queen Elizabeth, but it's in Kowloon.
Cicerone has a number of "reports," for want of a better word, of lists of reccos for walks and restaurants. One thing to try is private supper clubs. We went to one in Central - prix fixe menu of Schechuan food. I think it's called the Golden Door. You make a reservation in advance, go to a small building, up the elevator six floors, knock three times, then go in for the meal. The whole floor is the restaurant. When we left, the elevator was dodgy, so we walked down the stairs. Getting stuck late at night in HK was not my idea of how to end the evening!
Cicerone has a number of "reports," for want of a better word, of lists of reccos for walks and restaurants. One thing to try is private supper clubs. We went to one in Central - prix fixe menu of Schechuan food. I think it's called the Golden Door. You make a reservation in advance, go to a small building, up the elevator six floors, knock three times, then go in for the meal. The whole floor is the restaurant. When we left, the elevator was dodgy, so we walked down the stairs. Getting stuck late at night in HK was not my idea of how to end the evening!
Sep 12th, 2010, 02:26 PM
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The big hospital affiliated with University of Hong Kong (HKU) is called Queen Mary's Hospital. Li Ka-shing donated money and the faculty of medicine at HKU bears his name, but he has not displaced the Queen's name for the hospital. Queen Mary, along with Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon (and many others like Princess Margaret in Western Kowloon or Prince of Wales in Shatin, etc) are public government-run hospitals. If you get into a car accident nearby, the ambulance will bring you there.
If you know some professors specially that practice at those places, then do go there, but otherwise, no reason to unless you have no private insurance.
There are quite a few private hospitals in Hong Kong. The one that most rich and famous go to is the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital in Happy Valley. Or others may be excellent in certain fields, like Hong Kong Adventist Hospital with its Hong Kong Heart Center is considered the best for cardiac disease and I believe the first heart transplant in HK was performed there.
If you know some professors specially that practice at those places, then do go there, but otherwise, no reason to unless you have no private insurance.
There are quite a few private hospitals in Hong Kong. The one that most rich and famous go to is the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital in Happy Valley. Or others may be excellent in certain fields, like Hong Kong Adventist Hospital with its Hong Kong Heart Center is considered the best for cardiac disease and I believe the first heart transplant in HK was performed there.
