There was no toilet humour this time, but something was a bit off. My friend and I ordered in Mandarin, which was understood. But when I tried to say thanks in Cantonese, (no idea how to input the characters but pronounced something like m'goi), I got a blank response. Then I explain in Mandarin that I'm saying thanks in Cantonese, and the waitress replies "I don't speak Cantonese".
In a restaurant called Little Hong Kong? Seriously?
Thankfully they are open until 1am so at least they got the opening times rather authentic.
2 comments:
Aiyahh! What's the world coming to when staff at Hong Kong canteens cant even speak Cantonese? I guess it will be left to a small group of edgy people on the fringes of society to keep the Cantonese dialect alive as the pace of global Mandofication accelerates across the planet.
"(no idea how to input the characters but pronounced something like m'goi)"
I think that should be "唔该"
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