“Made in Hong Kong” private guide is willing to allay expats’ concerns about Hong Kong A recent survey shows 42% of expats want to leave Hong Kong because of the Covid-19 pandemic management and National Security Law. If foreign expats ask “made in Hong Kong” Frank the tour guide about the two issues, Frank…
Differences between dragon, lion, unicorn & pixiu The special stamps for “Intangible Cultural Heritage – Dragon & Lion Dance” of Hong Kong Post show four Chinese mascots, lion, dragon, unicorn and pixiu. As they look so much alike, a lot of Western visitors cannot tell them apart. Frank the tour guide is going to show…
汽hei3水seo2油jau4多do1蛋daan2治zi6 can imply petrol bomb A lot of visitors want to enjoy local delicacies at Hong Kong’s fast food shops and tea cafés to experience the local dining culture. The main difficulty for visitors to do so is they don’t know how to call the food names in Cantonese. Frank the tour guide is going…
Collection of Frank the tour guide’s social media posts about Hong Kong flowers Frank the tour guide has five posts about Hong Kong’s flowers in his social media this week. This post is going to show Frank’s posts at Facebook. You may follow Frank the tour guide’s social media… Apart from making…
Hong Kong citizens get two gifts from government on People’s Day Today is the seventh day of the Chinese New Year or the People’s Day. People believe that the supreme Goddess creates human on the seventh day in the first month in the Chinese calendar. So today is everyone’s birthday! Happy Birthday to you!…
The easy and vivid Chinese character 牛 (ox) A lot of people think that Chinese characters are very complicated. Actually quite a lot of them are very simple with a few strokes only. On the sixth day of Lunar New Year of Ox, Frank the tour guide introduces the easy Chinese character for 牛 (ox)…
Homophones and Chinese New Year taboos Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people. Apart from different celebrations, there are a lot of strange taboos during the Spring Festival. Some of the taboos are related to the homophones in the Chinese language. Frank the tour guide is going to show you…
Hong Kong dim sum restaurant’s Western style BBQ Pork Bun Char Siu Bao (叉燒包) or Steamed BBQ Pork Bun is the well-known dim sum in Hong Kong’s restaurants. Most Western diners like the bun’s fillings. But quite a lot of them may not like the outside of the bun, the marshmallow-like steamed dough. Actually Western…
Hong Kong Lunar New Year Fairs’ changes make a win-win situation Shopping beautiful flowers at Lunar New Year Fairs is Hong Kong citizens’ favorite activity to welcome Chinese New Year. Due to the ongoing 4th wave of Covid-19 outbreak, Hong Kong SAR Government first cancelled the fair. Later it decided to open 15 government venues for…
Time to bid farewell to the clever rat and greet the diligent ox Some Chinese fortune tellers believe that the new Chinese zodiac year should start on the day of the first Chinese Solar Term, Start of Spring, which is on 3 February 2021. Thus the year of rat ended on 2 February 2021….
