B: SO SO SASHIMI IS THE RAW RAW FISH AND

A: OKAY

B: UH IS USED IN UH IS ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS OF SUSHI

A: OH OKAY

B: SO SASHIMI IS THE RAW FISH ON ITS OWN WITHOUT RICE WHILE SUSHI IS UH IT'S SASHIMI ON RICE

A: OKAY

B: AND

A: SO WHAT WHAT OTHER FOOD DO THEY HAVE THEN

B: UH AND EVEN CONCERNING FUS SUSHI THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS THERE THAT WE CAN'T FIND IN EUROPE BECAUSE THE THERE'S MUCH MORE VARIETY OF FISH

A: HMM

B: SO MY MY FAVORITE ONE IS THE A PARTICULAR KIND OF SEAL BUT I'VE NEVER FOUND IT IN EUROPE UM AND

A: BUT YOU TRIED IT THERE

B: YES I TRIED IT THERE IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND APART FROM FROM SUSHI I MEAN OKAY SUSHI IS ONE DISH ONE OF THEIR ONE OF THEIR DISHES BUT THEN THERE'S UM UH THEY HAVE A MILLION WAYS TO COOK FISH ALSO THEY THEY HAVE UM A LOT OF WAYS TO COOK MEAT MOSTLY GRIDDLE GRIDDLE MEAT

A: MM HMM

B: AND UM THEY UH WHAT STRUCK ME IS THAT THEIR CUISINE IS VERY LIGHT AND

A: LIGHT IN WHAT SENSE LIGHT

B: IN THE SENSE THAT UH UM WHEN A LOT OF IT IT YOU DON'T FEEL IT HEAVY IN YOUR STOMACH

A: OKAY

B: IN THE UK IT HAPPENS TO ME MANY TIMES THAT I UM I FEEL IT HEAVY ON MY STOMACH

A: MM HMM

B: WHILE THERE UM WHEN EATING OUT VERY VERY RARELY I I FELT UH I FELT IT ON MY STOMACH

A: MM HMM COULD IT BE THAT THEY DON'T FRY A LOT THEN

B: IT COULD BE ALTHOUGH UH THEY THEY HAVE TEMPLAR WHICH IS AGAIN

A: MM HMM

B: A FRIED FISH BUT EVEN THAT IT WAS UH IT FELT LIGHT IN THE SENSE PROBABLY

A: HMM

B: THE I I THINK THEY HAVE VERY HIGH STANDARD OF COOK UH FOOD QUALITY VERY VERY HIGH QUALITY STANDARD FOR FOOD

A: OKAY WELL I MEAN I MEAN I'VE NEVER BEEN TO JAPAN I MEAN THE THE THE THE CLOSEST I'VE BEEN IS I'VE BEEN TO HONG KONG WHICH WAS ALSO AMAZING UM UH AND YEAH THE FOOD THERE AGAINWAS WAS WONDERFUL I USED TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY CANTEEN I WAS THERE ON A UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT AND I USED TO GO TO UNIVERSITY CANTEEN AND I THINK MY MOST FAVORITE DISH WAS VERY SIMPLE JUST RICE

B: MM HMM

A: UM WHAT WE HERE CALL BOK CHOY IF I'M PRONOUNCING IT CORRECTLY I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S EXACTLY CALLED AND

B: MM HMM

A: UH CHICKEN SORRY NO NOT CHICKEN DUCK ON THE BONE

B: AH NICE

A: AND THEY JUST CHOP IT IN FRONT OF YOU WITH A CLEAVER AND SERVE IT ON ON JUST WHITE RICE AND WITH SOME SOY SAUCE AND IT WAS MM DELICIOUS

B: SOUNDS REALLY NICE

A: AND THEN I WENT TO SHO

B: HOW LONG

A: YEAH YEAH

B: OH SORRY HOW LONG HAVE YOU SPE SPENT IN HONG KONG

A: UH IT WAS A MONTH UM I I WENT THERE ON A WORK PLACEMENT KIND OF AND UH IT WAS OVER IT WAS JUST IN THE RUN UP TO CHRISTMAS SO UH AND AND THE THING IS THAT STRUCK ME IT'S ALSO QUITE NOT SURE IF IT IF IT IS CLASSIFIED AS TROPICAL BUT IT IS IT WAS QUITE WARM YOU KNOW UM YOU SEE A LOT OF PALMS THE UNIVERSITY FOR EXAMPLE IS GORGE 'CAUSE IT IS BUILT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN SO THE THE THE

B: OH

A: THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY IS BASICALLY YOU KNOW IN STEPS ALMOST BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT'S GOING UP TO TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN

B: OH

A: BASICALLY SO SO YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STAIRWAYS THEY HAVE A LOT OF STAIRS HUH EVERYWHERE AND IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST PLACE I THINK THAT I SAW AN OUTDOOR ESCALATOR LIKE A VERY LONG OUTDOOR ESCALATOR

B: AN OUTDOOR ESCALATOR

A: YES AS OPPOSED TO ONE THAT IS IN A SHOPPING MALL FOR EXAMPLE

B: OH AND THAT IS IN THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

A: WELL NO NO NOT JUST AT THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS EVEN IN IN THE STREETS THAT'S WHAT I MEANT LIKE IN THE STREETS

B: OH

A: THAT'S WHAT I MEANT IN THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS THAT'S EXPECTED I MEAN YOU KNOW

B: UH ARE THEY VERY COMMON THE OUTDOOR ESCALATORS

A: YE YEAH YEAH YEAH BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS UM

B: AND

A: SO IT'S IT'S IT'S THE THE THE THE ISLAND THE MAIN ISLAND IS VERY HILLY SO UH YEAH IT'S IT'S EVERYTHING IS YOU'RE GOING UP AND DOWN UP AND DOWN AND

B: AND OH SORRY GO ON

A: YEAH YEAH YEAH ASK

B: ARE THERE A LOT OF SKYSCRAPERS

A: THERE ARE UM DEPENDING ON WHICH ISLAND YOU GO TO YES UH EH THE THE HARBOR ESPECIALLY YOU SEE A LOT IN THE HARBOR AREA UM AND EVEN EVEN WHERE ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE QUITE HIGH SO

B: MM

A: YOU KNOW TEN TWELVE FIFTEEN STORIES AT LEAST

B: MM HMM

A: UM IRONICALLY THE THE THE STREETS REMINDED ME A LOT OF MALTA TO BE HONEST BECAUSE IT'S YOU KNOW VERY NARROW ROADS AND HIGH BUILDINGS OBVIOUSLY

B: VERY HIGH

A: MUCH HIGHER BUILDINGS MUCH HIGHER

B: YEAH

A: BUILDINGS BUT SORT OF THE SAME KIND OF YOU KNOW CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT HAVE YOU UM BUT YEAH HONG KONG HONG KONG WAS WAS BEAUTIFUL UM I DID ALSO MANAGE TO GO A BIT TO SEE SOME OF THE ADJOINING UH ISLANDS THAT FORMED PART OF THE THE YOU KNOW THE WHAT WAS YOU KNOW UH

B: ARCHIPELAGOS ARCHIPELAGOS

A: YOU KNOW

B: OR MANY

A: WELL IT'S NOT SOMETHING LIKE ARCHIPELAGOS IT'S YEAH ARCHIPELAGOS KINDA WAY BUT YEAH

B: HOW MANY ISLANDS ARE THERE

A: I HAVE NO IDEA THERE'S QUITE A FEW I MEAN I THINK THERE'S ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MAIN ISLANDS AND THEN THERE'S THE PART THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE MAINLAND TO MAINLAND CHINA

B: MM HMM

A: UM UH BUT THEN THERE'S QUITE A FEW ISLANDS UH YOU KNOW IT IT'S AND IN FACT THERE'S A LOT OF FERRY TOURS TO INDIVIDUAL ISLANDS AND I I THINK I SPENT ONE OR TWO DAYS JUST GOING AROUND SOME OF THE ISLANDS

B: NICE

A: OBVIOUSLY DURING THE WEEKEND I COULD GO THERE DO THINGS BECAUSE I WAS MOSTLY UH YOU KNOW WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS A UH A COMPETITION SO WE HAD YOU KNOW SOME VERY TIGHT DEADLINES SO SOMETIMES I WAS EVEN WORKING SATURDAYS

B: UH

A: AND BUT BUT IT WAS A IT WAS A FUN TRIP YEAH I'VE GOT PHONE MEMORIES THERE

B: AND HOW UM WERE YOU ABLE TO GET BY SPEAKING ENGLISH

A: YEAH YEAH YEAH HONG KONG IS VERY ENGLISH FRIENDLY IT'S IT'S IT WAS A FORMER COLONY SO IT'S VERY ENGLISHIZED BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU SEE A LOT OF THE CHINESE CULTURE

B: MM

A: IT WAS IT'S VERY VERY STRONG ACTUALLY THE CHINESE CULTURE THERE UH THERE'S LOT OF TEMPLES LOTS OF YOU KNOW THEIR WAYS OF LIVING AND WHAT HAVE YOU BUT IT IS VERY EGLI ENGLISHIZED SO ALMOST ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY SPEAK ENGLISH

B: MM

A: UM I WAS OBVIOUSLY IN THE UNIVERSITY SETTING SO

B: YEAH

A: THERE IS A LOT OF ENGLISH THERE ACTUALLY YEAH HOW WAS IT IN JAPAN WITH REGARD TO ENGLISH

B: UH THERE'S NOT IT'S NOT THAT EASY UH IN THE SENSE THAT IN UH UH IN THE UNIVERSITY EVERYONE SPOKE ENGLISH HOWEVER IN UH WELL AND IN TOKYO YOU COULD FIND PEOPLE WHO WHO SPEAK ENGLISH BUT UH OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN CITY IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT TO FIND AN ENGLISH SPEAKER

A: I MEAN IT WAS SIMILAR IN IN HONG KONG UH AS IN IN THE MAIN CITY YOU GET BY WITH ENGLISH AND WHEN TALKING TO YOUNGSTERS BUT AS SOON AS YOU GO INTO THE OUTSKIRTS IT'S THE SAME THING BUT THE SCIENCE AT LEAST WERE ALSO MOSTLY IN ENGLISH AS WELL SO BECAUSE OF THAT YOU KNOW YOU GET BY

B: YEAH YEAH THEY DID HAVE ENGLISH SCIENCE OR

A: OKAY

B: SCIENCE WRI WRITTEN IN THE IN THE LATIN ALPHABET

A: OKAY OKAY UM UH

B: AND THEN AFTER HONG KONG YOU WENT TO SHANGHAI

A: WELL NOT NOT AFTER BUT I DID I DID GO TO SHANGHAI AS WELL UM I WENT FOR A FRIEND'S WEDDING AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE INTERESTING AS WELL UH THE FOOD IN SHANGHAI WAS MUCH MORE OILY MUCH SWEETER

B: MM

A: UM IT WAS A BIT TOO MUCH FOR ME IN FACT FOR EXAMPLE THE HONG KONG CUISINE I UH I IT AGREED MORE WITH ME

B: MM HMM

A: BUT YEAH IT IT IT WAS NO NO SHANGHAI WAS BEAUTIFUL AS WELL I MEAN IT'S A VERY WESTERNIZED CITY AS WELL SHANGHAI

B: HMM

A: I DID CLIMB THE THE ONE OF THE TALLEST TOWERS IN THE WORLD THE

B: WHICH

A: THE SHANGHAI THE SHANGHAI TOWER AND YOU CAN GO UP TO THE TOP FLOOR AND GET THE WHOLE VIEW I THINK IT'S I THINK IT IS THE HIGHEST OBSERVATION DECK IN THE WORLD

B: HOW MANY METERS IS IT

A: I HAVE NO IDEA I WOULD NEED TO LOOK IT UP UM BUT YEAH IT I I I THINK IT'S NOT THE HIGHEST TOWER IN THE WORLD BUT IT IS THE HIGHEST OBSERVATION DECK

B: OKAY

A: IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN IN THE WORLD OR AT LEAST IT WAS WHEN I WENT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THEN

B: ALL RIGHT AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO BACK TO HONG KONG