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  1. #21

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    I was astounded to find out that bakeries in Hong Kong didn't sell coffee. Don't people in Hong Kong drink coffee with their Cocktail or Pineapple buns?

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  2. #22

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    - A small yard for BBQ'ing at home
    - More restaurants where the cooks and staff match the cuisine, and a wider choice, e.g. a good Dominican restaurant with Dominican cooks, etc.

    I do not miss shoveling snow.

    Last edited by paul9; 22-01-2012 at 02:09 AM.
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  3. #23

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    I miss...

    - being able to buy a proper cup of coffee anywhere
    - a nice glass of fresh milk
    - cheese
    - bread
    - proper winters
    - DIY stores: i can never find what I need at these 五金店
    - patatje oorlog
    - frikandel
    - mayonaise on my fries!

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  4. #24

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    My Mummy..

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  5. #25

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    Quote Originally Posted by justjoe86:
    This isn't just a thread.
    This is an M&S thread
    I think perhaps the problem is that we DO have M&S - which makes missing the "proper" M&S even more acute. Perhaps if there was nothing it might slip back into the memory ... I didn't miss M&S while I was in Aus or NZ .... on the other hand the supermarkets in Aus and NZ offered a much wider range of food (particularly packaged and pre-made food) so there was at least an alternative!
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  6. #26

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    Quote Originally Posted by MovingIn07:
    I think perhaps the problem is that we DO have M&S - which makes missing the "proper" M&S even more acute. Perhaps if there was nothing it might slip back into the memory ... I didn't miss M&S while I was in Aus or NZ .... on the other hand the supermarkets in Aus and NZ offered a much wider range of food (particularly packaged and pre-made food) so there was at least an alternative!
    Since the "proper" M&S groceries not exactly cheap in the UK, can you imagine how much the goods would cost here? Also, the food hall in the Central branch is a lot bigger than the one in Wan Chai, have those who are complaining been to that one? My complaint about M&S would be the frumpy choice of clothes and underwear.

  7. #27

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    - a nice glass of fresh milk

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    Since I don't drink milk anymore, I don't know how milk is sold in Hong Kong nowadays. However, when I was growing up in North Point during the 1960s, we used to get fresh milk (in the glass bottles) delivered every morning.


  8. #28

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    Real Canadian Superstore
    free activities for kids that aren't inundated with 7 million people
    Coffee Crisp, Oh! Henry, Mr. Big (chocolate bars)
    Nibs (cherry licorice)
    Dairy Queen's Pecan Mudslide
    good road trips
    netflix
    a &w rootbeer

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  9. #29

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    Quote Originally Posted by reprazent:
    I miss...

    - being able to buy a proper cup of coffee anywhere
    - a nice glass of fresh milk
    - cheese
    - bread
    - proper winters
    - DIY stores: i can never find what I need at these 五金店
    - patatje oorlog
    - frikandel
    - mayonaise on my fries!
    Hey Dutchie! Apart from the winters I agree with you though.

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    I missed busty young and liberal western ladies.

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