Triggerboy reminds me of an incident I heard about recently amongst some of my HK foreign correspondent friends.
And I am going into bat for our Mainland cousins during this particular occasion.
While in Croatia, at a restaurant that was famed for it's fish dishes, there were a group of journalists that were from Hong Kong & the Mainland.
The Hong Kong Chinese journalist whith arms folded got really angry that in her opinion the way in which the fish was cooked was all wrong ( because it wasn't steamed, didn't have hot oil poured all over it etc ) while she totally ignored that the fish in question was a (cold) fresh water variety, and that cooking it in butter with a simple squeeze of lemon juice and a small amount of salt and pepper was all that was needed. She wanted no part in that, refused to even taste it and demanded to see the cook, who was a very large, muscular, Croatian who told her in no uncertain terms ( in very clear concise English ), that he didn't give a shit how they cooked fish back in Hong Kong, to look around how busy his restaurant was, that people from all over made an effort to visit his well established restaurant and if she didn't like it, she could fuck off back to Hong Kong lol. Which generated a group cheer from the other journalists who agreed with the cook..! hahahahahaha
The irony was that the mainland and HK ( British ) journalists that were present at the time, all enjoyed a pleasant meal and wrote about their positive experience in their respective travel articles They were all enthusiastic about trying something new and different. The HK girl like many Hongkies ( she isn't alone ) just refused to eat something that wasn't prepared the way they do it here in the HKG!
I've met a few mainlanders back in Aus, France and other parts of Europe etc, and they are definitely a lot more adventurous when it comes to experiencing outside cultures than their Hong Kong counterparts.
Believe it, or not ;0)
Further adding...
If you have ever watched a HK travel/food show, where the tv presenters do nothing but bitch and moan about their meal in Paris ( lets say for for example ) how it could be improved by removing/adding some ingredients to suit their inflexible palates, you would know what I mean...
Anyway, I thought it was quite interesting, but stereotypically ( on average ) quite true, from what I have seen in Paris, Melbourne and also having lived in Shenzhen & Beijing, prior to settling in Hong Kong .
The mainland Chinese aren't as bad as a lot of you make them out to be, in my experienced opinion.