After decades living up the hill from Central – near the office – I’ve come down in the world, topographically speaking. The new neighbourhood in Wanchai has a far wider range of stores within a few minutes’ walk, from a municipal wet market to a 759 to a fancy high-end supermarket. And some seriously good restaurants – tried Nepalese and Guizhou already.
Did you know that Wanchai-Causeway Bay has the highest median household income of all Hong Kong’s districts? I guess the Sheung Wan-Kennedy Town area drags Central and Western down.
When signing paperwork, I perused the list of the apartment’s owners through the years. One was a certain Nigel de Boinville, whose name rings a slight bell.
The place comes with a dishwasher. Never had one before. Don’t even know how to use it. Maybe if you have a large family, these things are great. But if you typically have two dirty bowls, two cooking utensils, and four pieces of cutlery, it seems simpler just to roll your sleeves up and do them in the sink. Too lazy to use a dishwasher.
Far more useful: a thing on the kitchen wall with hooks for ladles/spatulas and a magnetic strip for knives. And yes, that is a tamagoyaki pan on the drying rack. Made in… France!
Cosmic or what? Today’s Standard has a story about dishwashers.
What you need is a ‘dishwasher’.