THE SOCK IS ESSENTIAL

The big questions occupying my mind at present, it being a day off, are should I have rice sheet noodle with pork (豬肉腸粉同芫茜 'chü yiuk cheung fan, tong yuen sai'), OR delicious little dumplings (豬肉白菜餃子 'jyu yiuk paak choi gaau ji'), later in the day. Or something else. Both of the places I'm thinking of lack milk tea (港式奶茶 'gong sik naai chaa') entirely. I'm rather a milk tea maven. At a Hong Kong style place with a sock it just tastes better.

The problem is that chachanteng (places which usually have the sock) often do not have the tastiest nicest rice sheet noodles or dumplings. Quick comfort food instead. Not specializing in certain items in the snackipoo category.


Also, there are two chachanteng on the list already for this week, Tuesday and Wednesday, and the occasional Monday place has a Toishanese waitress whom I actually dislike somewhat so I'm avoiding it for the time being.


The eatery that has the superior stewed beef with chu hou paste (柱侯牛腩 'chü hau ngau naam') serves lovely milk tea too, but no rice sheet noodle or little dumplings.

Besides, for some reason I'm thinking of going there again on a rainy day.
That would feel right.

Obviously this is not a profound moral quandary.

But if you have ever had to deal with neurotic Dutchmen, you can probably understand what I'm going through. It's a question for the ages. Which of these and what? And should I have milk tea at home before I leave the building, or make some when I return?

You are quivering with curiosity.
Don't deny it.



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