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Not too many people outside the anglocentric that show up in other people's country expecting local people to speak their language instead of learning the local one an complaining that the level of English is crap. It's great for HK(and any other) people to want to learn and speak other languages, it is indeed a great advantage however if they choose not to in their own country, it should also be respected.
TO mentioned that many French in Quebec don't speak English well or at all in the region even though Canada has two official languages which is true. What you will see is English speaker complaining about that while the French that travel in the rest of Canada would never(or rarely) expect the English speaker to be able to express themselves in French.
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08-01-2014, 07:47 AM #131
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08-01-2014, 09:07 AM #132
We've done the sight seeing etc.... I did actually suggest to my hubby that we do that part again because this time around we are more accustomed to the climate, and it would be nice to see it all again.
I did look into the cooking classes at one point, but I thought they were very expensive :0( maybe that's me just being a Yorkshire Lass LOL.
We live in the N.T so the foodie part is always an adventure when there are no pictures to point at hahaha.
Thanks for the reply Jimbo :0) It's given me something to think about. In fact, can you suggest any good cooking courses? I would like to try my hand at Tai or Vietnamese.
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08-01-2014, 09:11 AM #133
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08-01-2014, 09:31 AM #134
Karen
http://www.marthasherpa.com/
http://hk-magazine.com/events/articl...ooking-schools old article but the majority should still be open
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08-01-2014, 09:37 AM #135
My wife did a Martha Sherpa class and said it was very good. I can attest the results were excellent
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08-01-2014, 09:38 AM #136
3 ways to help:
1) Learn a few Chinese characters which will make a huge difference in understanding basics of the menu
2) Download an app on your smartphone to help with ordering and/or translating
3) Join a foodie group - there are at least 4 that I know on meetup.com and let others do the ordering for you.
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08-01-2014, 09:42 AM #137
My husband is a Yorkshireman, and has the exact same reaction to most of Hong Kong. I think he lives by the old Yorkshireman's advice to his son line, which he has on an antique mug - "See all, hear all, say now't ... Eat all, sup all, pay now't ... And if ever tha does owt for now't, allus do it for thisen".
Although I also have the same reaction to HK prices and I'm from NZ. It's just commonsense really, most things aren't worth what they want to charge for them here.
I have gotten into cooking here, but I use books and the internet for my learning. The social aspect comes in sharing the skills learnt.
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08-01-2014, 09:59 AM #138
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08-01-2014, 10:01 AM #139
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08-01-2014, 10:19 AM #140
You don't need to know that, it's a local saying for local people
"See all, hear all, say now't ... Eat all, sup all, pay now't ... And if ever tha does owt for now't, allus do it for thisen".
Basically means:
See all hear all, say nothing (the older 'true' Yorkshire people I have met typically give one word replies to any question, so hard to have a conversation!)
Eat all, sup all, pay now't: Eat all, drink all, pay nothing. common conversation in a local pub - 'Get yer hand in yer pocket son' (buy a round)
if ever tha does owt for now't, allus do it for thisen". If you ever do something for nothing, make sure you do it for yourself - charity begins at home I guess.
Anyway, Monty Python says it best about the dourness of the Yorkshireman
Originally Posted by HowardCoombs:
