I'm a recent expatriate to Hong Kong from the US, and given that the city is one of the most expensive in the world to live in, we do a lot of our grocery shopping at the "wet markets", the traditional street vegetable, fruit and meat markets that dot Hong Kong and make it such a colorful place to live.
Here's a little visual taste of what one of our local fruit stands has to offer:
Since our arrival a year ago we've been dismayed to notice steady and significant increases in the prices of meat, particularly pork, chicken and duck. Hong Kong has not avoided the the broad inflationary trends sweeping across China. But this week all of the vegetables, even ubiquitous Chinese greens like bok choi and choi sum, have essentially doubled in price.
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