Thanks for the Hong Kong entertaining industry that produced so many interesting Hong Kong movies, making my leisure time in front of the tv meaningful. Don’t you think so? Hong Kong’s dramas cover a wide range of stories, from classic to modern, from nursing to law, from firemen to air crews; you see, at least I don’t hang around at the supermarkets or mamak stalls marking my time. I know Hong Kong and my dream revealed since I was in my primary school: Ocean Park, Goldfish Market, delicious food, Hong Kong Pop Stars, Hong Kong’s beauties, elegant clothes, the trams, and horseracing, ha-ha.
The utmost advantage from watching the Hong Kong movies is not learning kungfu or makes me daydream of becoming one of the high-class people in the society but some hilarious Hong Kong slang have been picked up. For example, ‘gam yu lou’ (goldfish man) and ‘hum chü shao’ (salty pig’s hand) refers to the voyeur or a weird man who will perform sexual harassment to the (little) girls and ‘lan gét’ refers to lame jokes.
My dream comes true on April 24th, 2009. I carried my luggage, flied to the Island of Pearl, stepped on the land that I used to be familiar in the tv. The images of my idols, dim sum, Stephen Chow, etc, etc, etc, all like film, shown vividly in front of my eyes.
The best location to spot a kam yu lou is at Goldfish Market. Hmm, just kidding. I’m not sure about the origin of this term but I guess once upon a time, there was a goldfish vendor behaved brazenly towards a little girl, that’s how the hongkies are calling those types of people nowadays. Ha-ha, does it sound absurd? Well, let’s listen to the explanation by Mr. Jacky (who is him? I’m going to tell you later), “Just imagine the eyes of goldfish, they pop out right? So do the kam yu lou, they will observe the little girls with their bulging eyes too.”
At Goldfish market, you will be amazed by plentiful shops that sold not only goldfish, but also other exotic fish along with corals and sea grass. I’m wondering how the vendors run their business since there are so many competitors here. As I backed to Malaysia, I interviewed the chef at Hong Kong Restaurant (Mr. Jacky, 58, a Hong Kong businessman, now is enjoying his semi retirement with his Malaysian wife in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan) and he said that the Hong Kong style is about focus, that’s easy for the residents and the tourists to choose the best product at one place. The more the merrier, maybe.
I also had my first stinky tofu (bean curb) here and this experience is cool. When I stood next to the tofu stall, it created weird odor there, really. For me the smell was not nasty but it just made me wanted to walk away. However, I have longed it for so long, the Hong Kong actors and actresses used to show their satisfactory expressions in the movies on how delicious the tofu is. And it’s true, as long as you have the gut to bite your first mouthful of tofu, then you are going to remember its flavor for the rest of your life. I mean, it’s so delicious to go with the sources, especially the sweet source. How much does a piece of tofu costs in Malaysia? There, this ¼ piece of tofu costs me HK$6, at that moment, with the currency of HK$1=RM0.47, so it’s a bout RM3.
The utmost advantage from watching the Hong Kong movies is not learning kungfu or makes me daydream of becoming one of the high-class people in the society but some hilarious Hong Kong slang have been picked up. For example, ‘gam yu lou’ (goldfish man) and ‘hum chü shao’ (salty pig’s hand) refers to the voyeur or a weird man who will perform sexual harassment to the (little) girls and ‘lan gét’ refers to lame jokes.
My dream comes true on April 24th, 2009. I carried my luggage, flied to the Island of Pearl, stepped on the land that I used to be familiar in the tv. The images of my idols, dim sum, Stephen Chow, etc, etc, etc, all like film, shown vividly in front of my eyes.
The best location to spot a kam yu lou is at Goldfish Market. Hmm, just kidding. I’m not sure about the origin of this term but I guess once upon a time, there was a goldfish vendor behaved brazenly towards a little girl, that’s how the hongkies are calling those types of people nowadays. Ha-ha, does it sound absurd? Well, let’s listen to the explanation by Mr. Jacky (who is him? I’m going to tell you later), “Just imagine the eyes of goldfish, they pop out right? So do the kam yu lou, they will observe the little girls with their bulging eyes too.”
At Goldfish market, you will be amazed by plentiful shops that sold not only goldfish, but also other exotic fish along with corals and sea grass. I’m wondering how the vendors run their business since there are so many competitors here. As I backed to Malaysia, I interviewed the chef at Hong Kong Restaurant (Mr. Jacky, 58, a Hong Kong businessman, now is enjoying his semi retirement with his Malaysian wife in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan) and he said that the Hong Kong style is about focus, that’s easy for the residents and the tourists to choose the best product at one place. The more the merrier, maybe.
I also had my first stinky tofu (bean curb) here and this experience is cool. When I stood next to the tofu stall, it created weird odor there, really. For me the smell was not nasty but it just made me wanted to walk away. However, I have longed it for so long, the Hong Kong actors and actresses used to show their satisfactory expressions in the movies on how delicious the tofu is. And it’s true, as long as you have the gut to bite your first mouthful of tofu, then you are going to remember its flavor for the rest of your life. I mean, it’s so delicious to go with the sources, especially the sweet source. How much does a piece of tofu costs in Malaysia? There, this ¼ piece of tofu costs me HK$6, at that moment, with the currency of HK$1=RM0.47, so it’s a bout RM3.
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