The City Hong Kong
I came to Hong Kong on 21st August, and I have experienced the city for a week now. Like any other cosmopolitan cities, Hong Kong is many things, and people use many different adjectives to describe the city. First of all, food here is good. Four years ago, it took me quite a while to get used to the salty and spicy food in the north when I just arrived in Beijing. But this time I like the food here right away.Rice roll is one of my favorite food and here it is sold everywhere in the street which is very cool.I was shocked when I found that they did not put sugar into soy bean milk in Beijing, here finally, soy bean milk is sweet. Sweetness is the main flavor in the city, so I guess for those who prefer spicy and salty flavors, Hong Kong may not be as enjoyable as for those who have a sweet tooth. Menus in restaurant are all bilingual which is expected in a city where east meets west. It can be fun looking at the menus for me to see how food's names are translated. Secondly, most of the local people understand three languages, Cantonese, English and Mandarin. For me, it is a very good place to learn Cantonese, because people usually speak Cantonese with me even after I spoke Mandarin to them. Luckily for me I watched two Cantonese TV dramas before I came, so I do understand a few essential words.To sum up, this is not a perfect place to study Mandarin(which people usually refer to when they talk about Chinese). Thirdly, this city has grand shopping malls. I only went to Harbor City and SOGO so far. They are both hubs for those blink blink big brands, but SOGO is more crowded. I often heard that clothes and make-ups in Hong Kong were cheaper than elsewhere, but the truth is, THEY ARE NOT CHEAPER. According to a friend,those branded clothes are more expensive than the UK. And I saw a bottle of nail polish which are sold at RMB50 at mainland are sold at HK dollars 60 (around RMB48)here, just slightly cheaper. Finally,the air quality is definitely better than Beijing. If I hold my cellphone in my hand when I walk in Beijing's streets, the screen of the cellphone will feel sandy within 10 minutes.Thant doesn't happen here.
I can't always match up English and its Chinese translation in this multicultural city.











