Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Pilaterun
Ask any marathon junkie, and chances are he or she will extol the benefits of running. And why not, when running is easily one of the most affordable, fuss-free, and popular ways to get in shape?
But what they don't tell you is how running can be physically more damaging than other sports like swimming or cycling.
Pauline Leong, principal physiotherapist at the Department of Physiotherapy, Singapore General Hospital, warns that by the time joggers realise that excessive running is doing more harm than good to their bodies, they would have sustained injuries that require costly and painful treatments.
"Often, these patients think the pain — especially to their joints — is part of the rigour of the sport," says Pauline. "What they don't realise is that as the injury worsens, so do their chances of recovery through simple rehabilitation."
Injuries are just the tip of the iceberg. There have been well-publicised cases of otherwise healthy joggers having a sudden heart attack while pounding the pavement. Some have even resulted in death.
Related article: Sudden cardiac death: Are you at risk?
Still, the benefits of running far outweigh its health hazards.
For Pauline Leong, it's about knowing the health risks that are associated with running, and how to mitigate them. "More importantly, it's about knowing yourself and being realistic about your run targets," she adds.
Here are some hazards of running, and the steps you can take to prevent them.
1. Joint problems
Nothing feels the impact of your runs like your joints. They are compressed with every step you take. If you overuse them, they become inflamed, painful and sore. This can lead to serious long-term joint disorders if left unchecked.
What you can do:
"The right running shoes can help absorb some of the strain on your joints," suggests Pauline. "They act as shock absorbers, cushioning some of the impact from your feet as they hit the ground." So if you plan on running regularly, be prepared to spend more on a quality pair of shoes. You need to change your shoes after about 300-400 miles (approx. 500-650 km) depending on your body weight and running style. Picking the appropriate shoe for you foot type is also important. There is no one shoe that fits all. Your knees and feet will thank you.
Related video: Causes and treatments of joint wear
2. Shin splints
A common affliction among runners, shin splints cause searing pains up your shins. In essence, it is a result of weakness and tightness in the muscles that attach your foot to the lower part of your leg. And it usually occurs to those new to running and those doing long distance running without the proper training.
What you can do:
Stretch well after every run, advises Pauline. "This lengthens the muscles and allows you to generate maximal forces through the shin muscles". Pain beyond the normal muscle aches post running should be investigated as it could indicate stress fractures or other shin injuries. Rest and recovery is important if you regularly do long runs.
3. Back problems
Proper running posture is important to keep back problems at bay. Strong core muscles will help you maintain good posture.
What you can do:
Be sure to stretch well after every session. Pauline adds: "Stretching lengthens your spine and separates the vertebrae, easing some of the compression caused by running." Pilates is also a good way to lengthen and strengthen your spinal muscles. It improves the range of movement in your lower back, and may help you cope better with your runs.
Related video: Causes and treatments of lower back pain
4. Muscle tears
Due to the frequency and stresses placed on the muscles, runners may be prone to muscle tears. Over-training without proper rest can make one more susceptible to muscle tears. Cross-training and stretching will help prevent this.
What you can do:
As shortened muscles may be prone to muscle tears and pulls, always stretch properly before and after your runs. Pauline explains: "This gives your muscles maximum flexibility and reduces the risk of tears." Cross train by doing other activities like swimming and cycling to prevent overuse. This trains other muscles not targeted through running.
5. Dehydration
Dehydration increases muscle fatigue and exhaustion. Early signs of dehydration include increased thirst, nausea, dry mouth, and headache. If you're feeling light-headed, or experiencing cramps, chills and disorientation, these are signs of major dehydration. You need to continually hydrate. Do not wait till symptoms occur before drinking. It will be too late!
What you can do:
Always ensure that you are always well hydrated before every run. Pauline says: "Drink as much as five litres of water a day to replace lost nutrients during a long run."
6. Heart attack
Running places huge demands on your cardiovascular system, which requires increased levels of oxygen intake to keep you running. If your arteries are clogged or restricted, your body won't be able to keep up the oxygen supply to your heart. This leads to a heart attack. It can hit even healthy runners, typically due to a previously unknown heart condition.
What you can do:
Before you take up running or any other form of physical activity, have a physician clear you for strenuous activity (even if you are healthy!). Pauline explains: "The physician will be able to determine if you have any underlying heart problems which may be exacerbated by exercise." Keep to a low-fat diet and gradually increase your running to prevent a sudden strain on your cardiovascular system.
But what they don't tell you is how running can be physically more damaging than other sports like swimming or cycling.
Pauline Leong, principal physiotherapist at the Department of Physiotherapy, Singapore General Hospital, warns that by the time joggers realise that excessive running is doing more harm than good to their bodies, they would have sustained injuries that require costly and painful treatments.
"Often, these patients think the pain — especially to their joints — is part of the rigour of the sport," says Pauline. "What they don't realise is that as the injury worsens, so do their chances of recovery through simple rehabilitation."
Injuries are just the tip of the iceberg. There have been well-publicised cases of otherwise healthy joggers having a sudden heart attack while pounding the pavement. Some have even resulted in death.
Related article: Sudden cardiac death: Are you at risk?
Still, the benefits of running far outweigh its health hazards.
For Pauline Leong, it's about knowing the health risks that are associated with running, and how to mitigate them. "More importantly, it's about knowing yourself and being realistic about your run targets," she adds.
Here are some hazards of running, and the steps you can take to prevent them.
1. Joint problems
Nothing feels the impact of your runs like your joints. They are compressed with every step you take. If you overuse them, they become inflamed, painful and sore. This can lead to serious long-term joint disorders if left unchecked.
What you can do:
"The right running shoes can help absorb some of the strain on your joints," suggests Pauline. "They act as shock absorbers, cushioning some of the impact from your feet as they hit the ground." So if you plan on running regularly, be prepared to spend more on a quality pair of shoes. You need to change your shoes after about 300-400 miles (approx. 500-650 km) depending on your body weight and running style. Picking the appropriate shoe for you foot type is also important. There is no one shoe that fits all. Your knees and feet will thank you.
Related video: Causes and treatments of joint wear
2. Shin splints
A common affliction among runners, shin splints cause searing pains up your shins. In essence, it is a result of weakness and tightness in the muscles that attach your foot to the lower part of your leg. And it usually occurs to those new to running and those doing long distance running without the proper training.
What you can do:
Stretch well after every run, advises Pauline. "This lengthens the muscles and allows you to generate maximal forces through the shin muscles". Pain beyond the normal muscle aches post running should be investigated as it could indicate stress fractures or other shin injuries. Rest and recovery is important if you regularly do long runs.
3. Back problems
Proper running posture is important to keep back problems at bay. Strong core muscles will help you maintain good posture.
What you can do:
Be sure to stretch well after every session. Pauline adds: "Stretching lengthens your spine and separates the vertebrae, easing some of the compression caused by running." Pilates is also a good way to lengthen and strengthen your spinal muscles. It improves the range of movement in your lower back, and may help you cope better with your runs.
Related video: Causes and treatments of lower back pain
4. Muscle tears
Due to the frequency and stresses placed on the muscles, runners may be prone to muscle tears. Over-training without proper rest can make one more susceptible to muscle tears. Cross-training and stretching will help prevent this.
What you can do:
As shortened muscles may be prone to muscle tears and pulls, always stretch properly before and after your runs. Pauline explains: "This gives your muscles maximum flexibility and reduces the risk of tears." Cross train by doing other activities like swimming and cycling to prevent overuse. This trains other muscles not targeted through running.
5. Dehydration
Dehydration increases muscle fatigue and exhaustion. Early signs of dehydration include increased thirst, nausea, dry mouth, and headache. If you're feeling light-headed, or experiencing cramps, chills and disorientation, these are signs of major dehydration. You need to continually hydrate. Do not wait till symptoms occur before drinking. It will be too late!
What you can do:
Always ensure that you are always well hydrated before every run. Pauline says: "Drink as much as five litres of water a day to replace lost nutrients during a long run."
6. Heart attack
Running places huge demands on your cardiovascular system, which requires increased levels of oxygen intake to keep you running. If your arteries are clogged or restricted, your body won't be able to keep up the oxygen supply to your heart. This leads to a heart attack. It can hit even healthy runners, typically due to a previously unknown heart condition.
What you can do:
Before you take up running or any other form of physical activity, have a physician clear you for strenuous activity (even if you are healthy!). Pauline explains: "The physician will be able to determine if you have any underlying heart problems which may be exacerbated by exercise." Keep to a low-fat diet and gradually increase your running to prevent a sudden strain on your cardiovascular system.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
HONGKONG
Feed me, Hong Kong
By Boboy S. Consunji (The Philippine Star) Updated December 04, 2011 12:00 AM Comments (0)
Hutong foyer: You know you’re in for a life-changing dining experience when you see the drama of old China and the Hong Kong nightline peeping through the windows.
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MANILA, Philippines - We’ve read all too often the old Proust line about how the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new places but in seeing with new eyes. I only had less than a week for a break and the default choice was Hong Kong. It’s close to home. I have visited it many, many times, but have not experienced it as the culinary capital of Asia. Feed me, Hong Kong was my battlecry.
Hong Kong was also a natural choice because it had always been the best place to lose myself and affirm myself as well. I had long realized that travail came with travel, when going overseas. I’d always end up physically tired. The aimlessness, the geographical uncertainties, the certainty of running into some hazard wear me down. And I love that. Hong Kong fulfills all that. It also tells me that, while I enjoy having sand all over my feet in an island down south, I enjoy more being in a crazy urban setting. It’s who I am.
The traveler in me wants to shake up the complacencies that living in the more comfortable side of Manila have gagged him. I rarely take public transport. It’s a pain to walk more than two blocks. I don’t sample cheap food. Hong Kong ungags me from those bourgeois restrictions.
So here’s a lowdown on our HK food trip. Thanks to my best pal James Reyes who’s good with maps, I was able to visit most of the restaurants on my list. I had a week to research and prepare the list. You should do the same if you’re in for a culinary adventure: seek the places out with a precise navigator, not enter a restaurant on a whim. Plus, take late lunches or early dinners because all the great places that don’t accept reservations will always be full. Allow time for getting lost, which can actually be fun. The unfamiliar alleys foster local color, humour and great shopping finds.
For our first dinner, we headed for Yuen Kee Restaurant on Kimberley Road, off Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui. Yuen Kee was an ideal first stop in my list. It was a short walk from our hotel on a cool late November evening (20 °C).
Yuen Kee is a decades-old chain known for its roasted goose. We ordered that along with braised beef with vegetables. The taste of the goose and its crisped skin was unbelievable good. It wasn’t greasy and gamey at all. It also smelled as good as it tasted. It had an after-taste that I didn’t want to get rid of. You can just have goose and be really happy. The price of the meal, soda included, was just under HK$50.
After dinner, we wanted to have a few drinks which we would usually have in the posh Lan Kwai Fong district. But it was late for a train ride to HK island. So we kept walking and searching for a bar until we chanced upon Knutsford Terrace. We never knew it existed because we rarely stayed in Kowloon before. We thought we were lucky to be staying in that part of HK. Kowloon has a great alternative to Lan Kwai Fong in Knutsford.
Hidden behind the buildings in Kimberley, Knutsford is a terrace street filled with bars and restaurants. Only pedestrians are allowed on the strip which is perched high on Observatory Hill. The bars are mostly themed Italian, Japanese, Indian, Mid-eastern, and Southeast Asian. We settled for Wildfire Grill which had a lone empty table in its al fresco section. The tall glass of draught was great, yet pricey (as in all other HK bars); the conversation with the animated Filipino waiter Sonny from Tondo, most engaging.
From Knutsford, off we went to 7/11 for cheaper beer — Blue Ice Beer. We missed San Miguel’s best beer brand, and HK still has sells it. That’s one more reason to love HK.
Our second day brought us to Horizons in Ap Lei Chau or Aberdeen Island (take Bus 590 from Admiralty). This was a retail adventure and must be the subject of another piece. Let me just say it’s pure retail heaven: 23 floors offering literally everything: home furnishing, books, children’s toys, Joyce, Dries van Noten, Comme des Garcons, Marni, Yohji Yamamoto, Vivienne Westwood, Jimmy Choo, MaxMara, Paul Smith, Armani. Everything that’s beautiful, priced much less than in other stores.
I had to tick off another not-so-pricey restaurant from the list after contributing to Miuccia’s coffers. From Admiralty, we hopped the train to Central for Luk Yu Teahouse, said to be the most famous dim sum place in HK. Luk Yu is a swankier and neater version of Ma Mon Luk on Quezon Avenue. Named after the 8th century tea master Lu Yu, this tea house transport you to old Hong Kong with its marbled floors, stained glass windows, huge scrolls and black fans spinning lazily. The place was packed, the middle-age blasé waiters were all over the place, the kitchen was noisy, the dishwasher was banging pots, pans and plates– all good signs for a Chinese eating place. The dim sum, fried spring rolls with bamboo shoots, chicken in curry sauce didn’t disappoint.
After Central, we headed back to Tsim Sha Tsui for a break from eating, by shopping in our favorite clothing store Another. In Another, there wasn’t any lumberjack-inspired fashion which was the current trend. That was a relief.
I was hoping to visit Lau Sum Kee Noodle House, the Michelin-rated but inexpensive noodle house in Sham Shui Po. But I had been wearing the wrong footwear all day. I dreaded going through the MTR again, wading through the packed streets of Kowloon, unsure of where to find Lau Sum. We chose the nearest seafood and noodle place near our hotel. It wasn’t on my list but I was happy just the same.
At Aberdeen Fishball & Noodles Restaurant, we had braised beef with dry noodles, roast chicken in soup with Shanghai noodles, and fish skin. Unpretentious. Comfort food. Super cheap. Wonderful, wonderful fish skin.
On our third day in HK, we thought we should get nourishment of a different kind, one that feeds the soul: the art in the Hong Kong Museum of Art. We’d always see that huge structure by the harbor but never bothered to check out. If you thought art and HK don’t go together, try visiting the Museum even for just an hour. We were lucky to find Wu Guanzhong’s exhibition. Wu was the father of modern Chinese art, and the first Chinese to exhibit at the British Museum. His work was breathtaking. He combined the Western techniques of oil painting with traditional Chinese brushstrokes and calligraphy. I liken my experience with Chinese art to HK’s famous Peking duck: it’s rich, expertly carved/made, you’d like to bring it home, it takes the Chinese touch to make it distinctive and memorable, it’s hard to replicate. Of course, it’s just as filling.
In keeping with the day’s ‘art’ theme, we booked ourselves a table at Hutong (28/F 1 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui). We knew that dinner at Hutong would be very pricey so the day’s shopping expenses were kept to a minimum. Our friend Sandy Higgins of Slim’s insisted that we save up for Hutong: It’s a must for art directors, ad agency people, or anyone in the arts. Sandy was right. Hutong was just stunning.
A hutong is an alley in an ancient Chinese courtyard. The restaurant version is a stylized recreation with red lanterns as the sole bright accent in a seductive and muted setting. The splendid view of Hong Kong from the 28th floor is what you mostly pay for. It felt like being in a period Zhang Yimou movie.
Some friends warned us that the menu wasn’t as good as the interiors. I thought otherwise. I love Northern Chinese cuisine, and Hutong was all about that. I wanted real Sichuan adventure so I asked for the spiciest thing on the menu: Soft-shell Crab topped with Chili. We ate all the crabs but had to down scoops of Ben & Jerry’s in Knutsford to literally let off steam. The crabs went well with pig’s throat-and-leek salad and some dry noodles which weren’t on the menu. Would I go back to Hutong? Absolutely, as long as I’m not paying.
Our last full day was spent dining in familiar places. We chose to end the adventure into unfamiliar culinary land with Hutong. That was too good to top. So lunch was at Din Tai Fung (Silvercord across Harbour City), also our default Chinese place in Shanghai and Singapore. We had our favorite Xiao Long Bao, steamed chicken and porkchop over rice. We then crossed the street to Harbour City for Lavazza coffee and green apple pudding with vanilla ice cream at Spasso Italian Bar on the mall’s roof deck.
For our last night in HK, we made plans for Da Ping Huo in the Central. The place serves a 12-year-old 12-course Sichuan meal in a hidden private kitchen on Hollywood Road. But we had to cancel. With 12 courses, there wouldn’t much time for shopping for footwear. After all, HK is the citadel for fabulous footwear, other than food.
So we had McDonalds on our last night, after finally getting the shoes I liked in Granville (yes, Inday, the strip that was once famous for knock-offs and cheap viajera merchandise has been made-over as a funky shopping haven). After 4 nights of re-discovering Hong Kong, with our guts and souls nourished to the max, we had to take it easy. The service by the charming elderly fastfood crew was quicker. The McDo burger seemed yummier. Maybe, I’m just biased for Hong Kong.
By Boboy S. Consunji (The Philippine Star) Updated December 04, 2011 12:00 AM Comments (0)
Hutong foyer: You know you’re in for a life-changing dining experience when you see the drama of old China and the Hong Kong nightline peeping through the windows.
| Zoom
MANILA, Philippines - We’ve read all too often the old Proust line about how the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new places but in seeing with new eyes. I only had less than a week for a break and the default choice was Hong Kong. It’s close to home. I have visited it many, many times, but have not experienced it as the culinary capital of Asia. Feed me, Hong Kong was my battlecry.
Hong Kong was also a natural choice because it had always been the best place to lose myself and affirm myself as well. I had long realized that travail came with travel, when going overseas. I’d always end up physically tired. The aimlessness, the geographical uncertainties, the certainty of running into some hazard wear me down. And I love that. Hong Kong fulfills all that. It also tells me that, while I enjoy having sand all over my feet in an island down south, I enjoy more being in a crazy urban setting. It’s who I am.
The traveler in me wants to shake up the complacencies that living in the more comfortable side of Manila have gagged him. I rarely take public transport. It’s a pain to walk more than two blocks. I don’t sample cheap food. Hong Kong ungags me from those bourgeois restrictions.
So here’s a lowdown on our HK food trip. Thanks to my best pal James Reyes who’s good with maps, I was able to visit most of the restaurants on my list. I had a week to research and prepare the list. You should do the same if you’re in for a culinary adventure: seek the places out with a precise navigator, not enter a restaurant on a whim. Plus, take late lunches or early dinners because all the great places that don’t accept reservations will always be full. Allow time for getting lost, which can actually be fun. The unfamiliar alleys foster local color, humour and great shopping finds.
For our first dinner, we headed for Yuen Kee Restaurant on Kimberley Road, off Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui. Yuen Kee was an ideal first stop in my list. It was a short walk from our hotel on a cool late November evening (20 °C).
Yuen Kee is a decades-old chain known for its roasted goose. We ordered that along with braised beef with vegetables. The taste of the goose and its crisped skin was unbelievable good. It wasn’t greasy and gamey at all. It also smelled as good as it tasted. It had an after-taste that I didn’t want to get rid of. You can just have goose and be really happy. The price of the meal, soda included, was just under HK$50.
After dinner, we wanted to have a few drinks which we would usually have in the posh Lan Kwai Fong district. But it was late for a train ride to HK island. So we kept walking and searching for a bar until we chanced upon Knutsford Terrace. We never knew it existed because we rarely stayed in Kowloon before. We thought we were lucky to be staying in that part of HK. Kowloon has a great alternative to Lan Kwai Fong in Knutsford.
Hidden behind the buildings in Kimberley, Knutsford is a terrace street filled with bars and restaurants. Only pedestrians are allowed on the strip which is perched high on Observatory Hill. The bars are mostly themed Italian, Japanese, Indian, Mid-eastern, and Southeast Asian. We settled for Wildfire Grill which had a lone empty table in its al fresco section. The tall glass of draught was great, yet pricey (as in all other HK bars); the conversation with the animated Filipino waiter Sonny from Tondo, most engaging.
From Knutsford, off we went to 7/11 for cheaper beer — Blue Ice Beer. We missed San Miguel’s best beer brand, and HK still has sells it. That’s one more reason to love HK.
Our second day brought us to Horizons in Ap Lei Chau or Aberdeen Island (take Bus 590 from Admiralty). This was a retail adventure and must be the subject of another piece. Let me just say it’s pure retail heaven: 23 floors offering literally everything: home furnishing, books, children’s toys, Joyce, Dries van Noten, Comme des Garcons, Marni, Yohji Yamamoto, Vivienne Westwood, Jimmy Choo, MaxMara, Paul Smith, Armani. Everything that’s beautiful, priced much less than in other stores.
I had to tick off another not-so-pricey restaurant from the list after contributing to Miuccia’s coffers. From Admiralty, we hopped the train to Central for Luk Yu Teahouse, said to be the most famous dim sum place in HK. Luk Yu is a swankier and neater version of Ma Mon Luk on Quezon Avenue. Named after the 8th century tea master Lu Yu, this tea house transport you to old Hong Kong with its marbled floors, stained glass windows, huge scrolls and black fans spinning lazily. The place was packed, the middle-age blasé waiters were all over the place, the kitchen was noisy, the dishwasher was banging pots, pans and plates– all good signs for a Chinese eating place. The dim sum, fried spring rolls with bamboo shoots, chicken in curry sauce didn’t disappoint.
After Central, we headed back to Tsim Sha Tsui for a break from eating, by shopping in our favorite clothing store Another. In Another, there wasn’t any lumberjack-inspired fashion which was the current trend. That was a relief.
I was hoping to visit Lau Sum Kee Noodle House, the Michelin-rated but inexpensive noodle house in Sham Shui Po. But I had been wearing the wrong footwear all day. I dreaded going through the MTR again, wading through the packed streets of Kowloon, unsure of where to find Lau Sum. We chose the nearest seafood and noodle place near our hotel. It wasn’t on my list but I was happy just the same.
At Aberdeen Fishball & Noodles Restaurant, we had braised beef with dry noodles, roast chicken in soup with Shanghai noodles, and fish skin. Unpretentious. Comfort food. Super cheap. Wonderful, wonderful fish skin.
On our third day in HK, we thought we should get nourishment of a different kind, one that feeds the soul: the art in the Hong Kong Museum of Art. We’d always see that huge structure by the harbor but never bothered to check out. If you thought art and HK don’t go together, try visiting the Museum even for just an hour. We were lucky to find Wu Guanzhong’s exhibition. Wu was the father of modern Chinese art, and the first Chinese to exhibit at the British Museum. His work was breathtaking. He combined the Western techniques of oil painting with traditional Chinese brushstrokes and calligraphy. I liken my experience with Chinese art to HK’s famous Peking duck: it’s rich, expertly carved/made, you’d like to bring it home, it takes the Chinese touch to make it distinctive and memorable, it’s hard to replicate. Of course, it’s just as filling.
In keeping with the day’s ‘art’ theme, we booked ourselves a table at Hutong (28/F 1 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui). We knew that dinner at Hutong would be very pricey so the day’s shopping expenses were kept to a minimum. Our friend Sandy Higgins of Slim’s insisted that we save up for Hutong: It’s a must for art directors, ad agency people, or anyone in the arts. Sandy was right. Hutong was just stunning.
A hutong is an alley in an ancient Chinese courtyard. The restaurant version is a stylized recreation with red lanterns as the sole bright accent in a seductive and muted setting. The splendid view of Hong Kong from the 28th floor is what you mostly pay for. It felt like being in a period Zhang Yimou movie.
Some friends warned us that the menu wasn’t as good as the interiors. I thought otherwise. I love Northern Chinese cuisine, and Hutong was all about that. I wanted real Sichuan adventure so I asked for the spiciest thing on the menu: Soft-shell Crab topped with Chili. We ate all the crabs but had to down scoops of Ben & Jerry’s in Knutsford to literally let off steam. The crabs went well with pig’s throat-and-leek salad and some dry noodles which weren’t on the menu. Would I go back to Hutong? Absolutely, as long as I’m not paying.
Our last full day was spent dining in familiar places. We chose to end the adventure into unfamiliar culinary land with Hutong. That was too good to top. So lunch was at Din Tai Fung (Silvercord across Harbour City), also our default Chinese place in Shanghai and Singapore. We had our favorite Xiao Long Bao, steamed chicken and porkchop over rice. We then crossed the street to Harbour City for Lavazza coffee and green apple pudding with vanilla ice cream at Spasso Italian Bar on the mall’s roof deck.
For our last night in HK, we made plans for Da Ping Huo in the Central. The place serves a 12-year-old 12-course Sichuan meal in a hidden private kitchen on Hollywood Road. But we had to cancel. With 12 courses, there wouldn’t much time for shopping for footwear. After all, HK is the citadel for fabulous footwear, other than food.
So we had McDonalds on our last night, after finally getting the shoes I liked in Granville (yes, Inday, the strip that was once famous for knock-offs and cheap viajera merchandise has been made-over as a funky shopping haven). After 4 nights of re-discovering Hong Kong, with our guts and souls nourished to the max, we had to take it easy. The service by the charming elderly fastfood crew was quicker. The McDo burger seemed yummier. Maybe, I’m just biased for Hong Kong.
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