So I reiterate here, the bill is dead. The story of this great city is about the years before this night. We are free. Hey everyone, this is Ho Ho Hong Kong with me, Vivek Mohani and your other host who is. Mohammed Magdi. That's right. We're here. It's the new year. I don't think we do Happy New Year anymore. Now we're done. No, we are recording in July. It's over. Exactly. We're recording in July. Somehow we went back in time when January posted up over
here. So let me tell you what's been happening in July 2025 so far. Yeah, go for it. All right. First of all, it's hot as hell. Yes, that actually very sticky and it has been raining for about two weeks it's. Raining. Not no men, just water this time. Yeah. But secondly, also Hong Kong has changed its name. Yeah, yeah. It changed its name to Kong Hong. We were sponsored by the Universal Studios King Kong. Oh yes. And they were about that, yeah.
They wanted to change Hong Kong to King Kong. And Hong Kong was like, no, no, we have to keep one part of us. Yes, we want to keep the Hong they. Didn't have enough money to actually pay for the whole thing. Exactly. Yeah, because Universal Studio for them. They forgot that they were Universal Studios just by name and not the actual universe. Yes, yes, yes. So that actually here coming to you from King Kong, right?
Or I should say, yeah, exactly. Kong Hong, Actually Kong, Hong Kong Hong and the lastly here in July, the Hang Seng Index has reached the 25,000,000 mark. Oh my God, yeah. Bitcoin has gone now to being just one bit and finally Vizion still sucks. Oh my God, right? How is this thing still still around even in July 2025? Something's not right, I can say. No, something's not right and we really need to do something about it. Yeah, I keep getting sucked into
their scams, too. It's so bad because the line at Big House is so long. Yeah, and you're like I find. Let's get a quick. Bite. I'll get a quick bite. And those are the two reasons why I ever bought Vision. It's just because Big House had a long line. I'm like, really in the chocolate. Fix that. Screw it. You know what? They're this far away. They can't, I mean, this close to each other, they can't be that bad. Yeah. You know, just by proximity.
You know, like how birds have a feather flock. Of course, yeah. Right the fact that you in this area, you must be of a certain quality to we're able to survive yes fine, I'll give you a chance. I remember I got that first little chocolate thing to buy one for this price buy 2 for a cheaper price yes, I'm like you scam. Let's do this right? And of course I do that. Buy 2, eat half of 1 and go like the fuck did I just eat? Oh man.
It's so bad, Yeah. Yeah, I did say that they have the it's almost like just by accident they got one thing really good because all of their stuff is not great, that the monkey bread is really good. And I don't even think they know that it's that good because it's not a best seller. So usually when that happens, this is what in English we have this term called fluke. Yes, yeah, it's.
Exactly a fluke they. Messed it up and because of two negatives make like a positive correct And they suck and they made a shit recipe and somehow just worked out. Correct. Our buddy Carrie, who got me onto the monkey bread from Vizio. Yeah. Good. Yeah. Is it worth lining up? Yes. But everything else just don't even look at it. Yeah, so I fell for the last scam. I went the other day to get actors from big house as you do, and of course the line was super
long. I'm like, ah, but I really want actor. So I went to vision when they apparently have a new product. OK. And the new product is act art in cookie? Egg tart in cookie, Yes. OK, first of all, there is no vision, visionary wild mind that will think that's a good idea. Yes, but OK, egg tart and cookie, you're like, OK, it's hitting my egg tart. Yes, Cookies can't go wrong in general. Wrong kind of wrong cookies, right? I mean, how bad can a cookie be, right? Right.
So you just you wait. Yeah, just you wait, right. So you went in there? You think that was A tag line for this product? How bad can a cookie? Be exactly. I think I mean what it is like you probably went in OK, you were like new year, new me out with the all in with the new. Everything's a possibility. Be positive if you. Give a chance. Give people chances. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Small businesses chances all of that. Clearly, clearly you have somehow by mistake, listened on
your Spotify playlist. One of my motivational. Channels. Yeah, I did, right. You're like, I'm going to go in there, you know? I'm going to make it work. I'm going to make it even if it sucks, I will make it good. Just like finding a way, right? So what I make of it? Yes, when you make of it right. While I was eating it, I'm crying. I actually thought of this episode. I'm like, that's what I make of it. Yeah, exactly. Content.
Now tell everyone yes, OK, so tell me you went in there, how was the line? How was the line of Visio? The line was fine. Compared to bake house, if bake house was like 10, what was? It was like 2. OK. Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah, so you walk in pretty quickly. He got rid of all the benches. They don't want people to sit even inside the store. Smart. My dog used to jump on the bench and wait there, but now there's no bench and she's confused.
So I get there and everyone's getting that freaking matcha thing that like the best seller or whatever. Yeah, Monkey Bread wasn't there, otherwise I would have. I've actually got the net. OK, But then I'm like, I really want my egg tart fixed. That's my cue to just get egg tart. That's a new product. Yeah, it's $50. One egg tart cookie. Yeah, 1 egg tart cookie 50. It's huge. It's really big. Wow. So it's like an egg tart in the middle and then around it there
is like a thick cookie. So let's now compare and contrast the egg tart in Bake House that they're famous for that everyone lines it for is $12.50, correct? So this was 50 bucks, right? Yes, let's minus that. That right now gives you 30 $7.50 of cookie. Yes, OK. Please continue. So like, all right, I'm here already. I'm going to try give me one of these, all right. And, and he was also with me. So we got 2.
So you paid $100? Oh, so let me let me remind everyone in the previous episode, Bo did say did you went to Temple St. Yes. And you got those strawberries. Yes, the the great strawberries for how much again like 50 bucks or something. Now do you notice how that the trend of the $50 mark already gives you a hint of like you if you went to a functional master? Yes, they will say never buy in 50s. Yeah you and the 50 don't work this year. So we did that again. So you went in?
You were with Ann. You were like, all right, all right, we're going to enjoy this. And you're like, shit, She's sure I got to get this. Well, I'm a gentleman. Of course. You, your new me motivation tasted like Be the man, take the lead. You're like, all right. And she also wanted the same thing. OK like I also want my egg tart but. She didn't listen to the episode where sharing is caring, right? She only, yeah, she only talked. About no when it comes to food,
both of us are the same. It's like, don't fucking touch my food. Fair enough, I will. I might like throw a knife at. You, unless it's the remainder of that egg tart shitty cookie. They're like, please touch it all you want. Actually, in that case, we fight over who feeds it to the dog. Yeah, like, no, no, you give it to the dog. Yeah, yeah. All right. So you basically went in there, you saw the ACTA cookie, you were like all that stuff, all.
Right, Let's do it. Let's get 2, Let's get 2. Yes. Yeah, yeah, exactly. It's so nice to do it twice. It's coming, first of all, the vision, like little window, like the display thing. Yeah, even that's terrible because at Big House they actually have it like kind of heated. Yeah. So everything, everything is warm. That one is not. It's just sitting there. Lighting is terrible. So I really knew it was going to be cold. A really bad sign. I'm like, it's going to be it
felt it looked cold. I'm like, fuck already, We're here already. And then they give us the two bags and actually the bags are really heavy. I'm like, all right, that's something. If it's good, you get a lot of it. Fair if it's really. Good. Yeah, 50 bucks. You better have some weight to it. Yes, exactly. Got it. So we walk out and that was actually, I believe a couple of weeks before, like when I was
coming over here to record. So it was like right before and then we sat on the little, there is like a little outdoor area on the what's the steps? Yeah. No, no, no, the little parky thing. Oh yeah, Elgin St., right, They have, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So we sat there, Yeah. Where they have that little merry go round kind. Of thing, yeah, yeah, that park, yeah, yeah, if you go there, you're really close to Vivex. Yeah, really close.
Yeah, exactly. Close anyway, you can just go there and just start going to the random buildings, yes? When he's going to stick his head out, yeah. Yeah, just look up and then. Yeah, yes. Did you see any guy? May not be me, but hey, it might be as well, Yeah. Yeah, so we go there or like, all right, let's get into. It when you were going towards the park with that cookie in your hand, did you have a little extra hop in your walk 'cause you were like, yeah, yeah, we're
excited. Yeah, right. Oh man, I know. I know the feeling, man. Yeah, of course. I remember when I got that first. Especially when you when you pay $50, you're like your, your brain goes like. Oh, it's gonna be good. It's gonna be good. It's gonna be great. Yeah. It's like like I always say, like, you know, whatever it is, when the prices are, you're like this better be good, right?
It's very smart, OK. Dude, if if my mom hears this and knows that I paid over 300 Egyptian pounds for a terrible cookie, yeah, she would actually. Disown me, she'll pick up her slipper that can't take maybe 5 Egyptian pounds and fuck the shit out of you. It will fly all the way from Egypt to here, deservingly sound exactly land on my face. Yeah, it'll hit you like a locust, man. I like that. Yeah. OK. You went to the park? Yes. You're sitting there. You were sitting there.
Everyone has their own little bag. You were sitting opposite each other and one of those tables are sitting on the bench. Sitting on the bench like the side. OK, so you can't see each other. All you can see is the cookie. Yes. OK, that's good. You're focused on the cookie. You're like rock'n'roll. Let's make it happen. Yes. And the first bite you're eating the cookie because the the actors in the middle, yes, yes.
So you're eating the cookie. You're like OK it's a cookie, but there is also chocolate and it like pieces of. Chocolate, chunks of chocolate, yeah yeah, chunks of chocolate. Is it these square chunks like, you know, like slab the chocolate yeah cubes thing. Okay, they went there. Okay, that's good, Yeah. But it's overly sweet already. The cookie itself is overly sweet. Okay, all right, it's not the best cookie, but maybe with an egg tart it's going to work They.
May be, you know, sweet and savory like, you know, what's what's this? OK, got it. Because of protein in that as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's egg, you know you're also getting yes, you're countering the the extra sugar. Exactly. Yeah, yeah. Chocolate gives it whatever, and then you take the second bite and that's where you get to the egg tart, OK? And that's when you realize that chocolate, yes, an egg tart, is
the worst combination on earth. Ironically, very often when I go to bake house, yeah, I do get my chocolate cookies and an egg tart. Yeah, but you don't eat them to. Grab. I don't eat them together. Yes, one after the other works fantastic. Exactly. But. Together, it's actually, I feel like it could have been something, yes, if number one, it was warm. OK, yeah, that big difference, man. Egg is cold. Egg tart is super. Cold you can't have Egg. Yeah, you can't have.
That number 2, the youth Big House egg tart. Oh really? Is that the position? No, no, I'm saying it would have been they. Used. Yeah, they used, yes. Their egg tart sucked. Look, let's be honest with you, even if they went and bought retail 1250 per egg tart and put that into the cookie, they still have $37 of profit margin to correct. Yeah, Yeah. So what to? Make a bad cookie? Yeah, yeah. So they would have used Big House Actor and then they also lessen the sugar on the cookie
and #4 get rid of the chocolate. OK, OK. And you're missing #5 get rid of everything. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, so. Basically I just changed the whole thing. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. But for what it is like after and you still like you're hopeful, right? You're eating and you're like, all right, it's going to go somewhere. Yeah, it's going to. Nope, no, it's now it's getting worse. The chocolate and the actors combination was so bad that they're like just going because
it's waste of money. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Both of us are like, oh. Man, so now let me compare and contrast. OK so now the chocolate cookie that I love at Baked Bake House yes is $22.00 the Ekta that I enjoy a lot at Bake House 1250 yes. Now, can you do the math right now and add those two together? 1250 and 22, yeah, that's 323450. Yeah, 3450, Yeah. OK. First of all, Russell Peters hashtag 3450.
Yeah. Then even after 3450 you also have you still have just enough to get another Ektar Yes from bake house and have two. Chain tastic Ektar. And a chocolate chip cookie just to wash it down, right? Yeah. And it's still less than the 50 fucking dollars that Vizion has missed off of you. Yes. Now don't forget you bought two of those. I bought two of those. So in those two you could have bought 2 chocolate chip cookies, 2 egg tarts. Actually, I really like their
beef and Dang pie. It's really nice. Big house, right? Yeah, Big house. So I could have gotten that. That and the chocolate cookie and two egg tarts. The price of. All your term exactly. They also call it some stupid fucking name. Oh yeah, like. Yeah, Cookie. Egglet. Egglet, Egglet, whatever the. Stupid, Like some guys are like, dude, we got to have our own little term, you know, like, you know, like the Instagram of cookies. You know it's the egg because this is you.
Know what is? That a dinosaur I. Want to walk by on the way out and got the name and said it to you so. Yeah, yeah. And basically not to get it, but to avoid it. To avoid it. It's right smack in the center. I am sure at some point they will get I you know what? I'm so inclined to leave a review now. Yeah, I'm so not a review guy, but like, come on, this is this
is a scam. I I really hope at some point, as much as it's weird where I'm like, I, I don't like the long line of bake house is what you know, stops you from getting the stuff you want. But at the same time, I'm like, so if I didn't have the long line of bake house, then bake house will have trouble and they may not sustain. If the long like it shifts over the vision, they'll stay there. You know, it's it's a catch 20 of.
Course, it's a catch 20. Yeah, Did I mention this on the podcast about how I really want Big House to 222 lines? Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did I mention that? I think you did, yeah. Yeah, well in case in case you recap, I really I would like a big house to have a residence or non residence line the most PC way to do. It absolutely like, I think what they can do right? Just show your Hong Kong ID.
Number one, that yeah, number one, that number 2, the best way actually would be two, you can put $1000 deposit in and get a membership card and keep cutting the $1000, you know, like a prepaid. Card, Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's
really good actually. Yeah, and you can an online order, yes, go down pick up yeah and then come back or you know like some sort of like for example in the hospital system in Hong Kong. Now with the pharmacy, yes, you can actually on your on the HA Go app put get your your your medicine number, Yes. And it'll alert you when it's ready to collect. Yes. Oh my God, if they did that, dude, yeah, Oh my God. Like I can tell you right now, like especially someone who
lives nearby to them. Yes, I'll just put the number in. Of course, go down there, pick it up and go home. Yeah. Oh, it'll be the best thing ever, man. Yeah, but of course, like, you know, when you have people lining out of the door, you. Don't know it's. Also, like, free advertising. Oh, yeah. Because even people who don't know about you, which I don't even know who doesn't know about them at this point. Yeah. But if they don't know about you, it's like, hey, why is everyone lining up?
Yeah, now. Yeah, and #2 #2 The thing is that that line makes you, when you get to the counter, you're like, I got to get more. Of course, yeah. I just wait. I'm getting. I have. To move the way towards.
It yeah you know and I think that itself is genius yes and all props to them their stuff from day one has been awesome Yep, I have loved pretty much there may be the one or two things that I was like I'm not really a big fan of this one but it's not like what the hell I'm like it's just not my it's. Not like a Visio thing, yeah. Visio thing. Till date I have not found even one item where I'm like. Try the monkey bread. I have to. Say I have. I've tried. You did try it. I tried it.
It's not good enough for me to be like. I had to go back, all right? Right. Yeah, but it wasn't enough for me to go play. What the hell, man? You know, you get my point. OK, so that you have the one where it's like, I can eat it. You have the one where, like, I need it. Sure. And you have the one where you cannot deal with it. Of course. Right, so you do not deal with it is everything else that is not the monkey bread. Exactly. Yeah, Yeah. And I've given them chances,
man. I really have. You can't be like, you know, with the home and hey, just go to hate. Hate. Well now we have trashed them many times on audio. Now it's their turn to be trashed on video. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get your shit together or come for us, Send your lawyer and we'll see you in court. I mean, this is not. OK, what you're. Doing, I mean, honestly, I would be more than happy for any of them to say, hey, let's get on the podcast, let's have a talk.
I'm happy with it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. I would love just first hand to get to understand what's their psyche. Bring bring your full range here yeah and then be like, OK, you guys try objectively and even try your new we can try your new products, the thing that they haven't rolled out to the public yet and the things you approve of. We can be like, OK, this is a. Go, I mean, like, let's be very straight with flat iron. Yes, we were given shit. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.
You know, we cleared it up. I went down there, had a meal. I'm like, this is actually fucking good, really good, you know, So like ignorance, yes, we'll admit sometimes we ignorance. Of course, this time we've actually tried your product and we're not impressed by it many times and many times. Come on, guys, come on. Right. And we're both have sweet to it like we both. Absolutely, absolutely.
And The thing is this is that I have no need or no joy in smashing businesses yes, especially around my area. Of course, you know, like I just. Want to make enemies? Yeah, yeah. It is the point that you, your stuff is so bad that yeah, boy, like like I, I keep telling us I'm like, I am not the type of guy. Yes, you get it. Like you have. Driven me into a place where I'm like, your stuff sucks. So much 60 minutes, so bad.
They are both scars, yeah. It's like, it's like, you know, sounds like people you have to like if you know me, if you know, like my style of comedy, whatever. I'm not the type of guy. Polite guy. Polite guy. I'm nice about things. I'm only positive people clean. Yeah, I'm clean. I go talk, tell people my story, encourage them all stuff. Yes. I'm not one I. Would encourage them to have a different business. Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
Maybe sell, I don't know, plastic because you're halfway there already, you know, it's also not edible. Neither of you them are edible and you're halfway doing that whole non edible thing. You know, maybe so. I don't know wood or. Something man, I mean honestly at this point, because we had the former MD of Big House and then we trashed Basic Vision so much, it genuinely feels like we're paid to do it. Yeah, I get it. I don't blame you. And we're obviously like, oh,
big house, big house. And then we're like, vision is trash. And then we had the MD. But again, as you said, vision can come on. My own yeah, we're. Basically at this point that Joe Rogan off, everyone can come on. Yeah, yeah. Because you people are like, oh, how come you have Trump on? And he was like, I actually offered Kamala to come on and she had all these conditions of like, oh, it can only be like a 40 minute episode and you can't talk about this and this.
And he's like fuck that because his whole style is like ramble. Or whatever. Yeah. Yeah, exactly so. It's the same thing. You guys are welcome to come oppose. We can get you both on together. Yeah, the the French guy or Swiss guy from Michael, whatever. Yeah, yeah. Can come on and visit on the other side with the terrible cookies. Yeah, yeah. Go head to head. Go head to. Head Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll do the the like a hot ones yeah yeah.
I mean, like, if that if we actually can, if the two two sides come together and say let's do something, yes, we will. We'll go somewhere proper, of course. Obviously. Yeah. You know, we get a proper place. Make it a live show as well. Hell yeah. I think we have to man, you know, like. I mean, you guys got you're welcome to slide into the DMS of both companies and make it happen. Yeah, you can be like, just just go like these guys have been
talking so much trash. Yeah, you guys need to do something. You guys need to do something. I think what we should do, right? It's just like the two in the episode we had live recording, you know, at a venue and everything. I think if that happened, yes, we will put together where we get them on the podcast. We'll get some of the cookies and everything. We'll get the audience can come and try some for themselves, do some sort of voting, what they
think. Yeah. I mean, for all you know, maybe we just have that wrong sweet tooth. Maybe. Yeah, yeah, maybe you were wrong, Yeah. And Annie's wrong and everyone and Gloria's wrong is wrong and your. Mom's wrong. The whole half of Hong Kong that I know is wrong. Then again, I mean there's 7.6 million people in Hong Kong, maybe the 100 people that we know. Just happy to fall into that out I actually.
Think it's just exclusively for mainly than tourists could be who don't come back because they usually have like. Two and all three, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That could be one of the. That's why maybe what they should do, they should limit that. They should know the demograph. Yes, if you were to buy a vision item. Okay if you can show that you only have a one entry visa. You can get the stuff. Yes, yes. Because that way is guarantees win. Win like we're trying to help
you win, man. Like A1 entry visa. Guarantee that they'll come. Yep, they will leave and they won't have a chance to come back here and bitch about it. Yes, you get it. And share Hong shoes gonna be all like no, everything should be positive and stuff yeah. So they're not going to let them leave negative reviews. Exactly. Yeah, and maybe she wants you now that like the whole TikTok ban and all that stuff. Oh yeah, what the hell is going on? There now we'll have to see what happens so.
TikTok is probably going to get banned in the US but share Hong shoes in yeah I don't get it. I have no idea what the fuck is happening anymore. This is a classic example of the previous generation still catching up to the new generation. Yeah, trying to catch on, be like, we're gonna stop this. Like, yeah, nobody does that anymore. Yes, nobody does that because there's a new thing that's exactly the same. Exactly. You know, so they have that as
well. But I think ultimately what will happen now is that vision, first of all, I feel, I feel by the time people trash vision, they're trashing them, but we don't know it because they're all trashing vision. Right. Yes. Yes, and the double S is where they got. Yeah, that's when they got creative because you're like, oh, if people are writing bad reviews for Vision, we're we're clear. Yeah, and the autocorrect is gonna change it. Yes, yes, exactly.
It's all thought, I guess it's all strategic move of like, we're gonna create some shit. Yep, right. People are gonna bitch about it. Yep. But I mean, how many? What are you gonna tag? Hashtag Vision. Yeah. Vision. Yeah. You don't like I'm? Like, yeah, exactly. Probably like a glasses shop. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, some some poor glass shop like we're going out of. I don't know what's going on. Like we've been here for 30 years, my grandfather. So we don't sell fucking bad
cookies. What are you talking about exactly? Like what was wrong that people are probably having vision, food getting blurry eyes because it's so bad? You're like, you know what I mean? I lost my vision. I can't even open my eyes when I'm like, Oh my God, this is terrible. And what's happening is then they're bitching of a complaint about vision and then coming back here going like, oh, this is not vision, this is young. Hey, you know, for all you know, maybe we've been saying wrong
the whole time. Yeah, maybe it is vision. Maybe it's vision. Maybe it's this this this science. I don't. Know actually what is even the story we really need to disguise on because what does the physio even mean? It means do not come back. That's what it means to me. Also, now that I think about it more, when we talk shit about Flat Iron, we stopped at its conspiracy. We're not saying the product is bad for about 12 episodes.
What do I think about it? I really don't think you would come on unless you guys do the our our bidding and really push them to come on and clear their name. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And tell them that you would like you guys would go if they come on the podcast. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think, I think ultimately this is that the with flat iron. I think the one thing is that we were just having some fun making fun of it, like joking about how
we think it's conspiracy. Sure. We'd never really tried the product. We were like that. I don't know. Clearly it's just trying to bring some quick money, whatever. Yeah. And then, yeah, they contacted us, said, you know what? Hey, you want to clear this up? Yes. Manned up, came on the show, talked about it, you know, kind of made a little poked fun at us as well.
Yes. Gave a discount offer to our because they were so confident saying that our shit is good dude, give us a chance and I'll prove it to you. And that to me is very respectful, super respectful, respectful. Like if you know your part is good, people trash it. You're not like fuck you man. What do you know? Like, no, no, you know. Who is behind vision? Like we know that the chef, Well, we know. It was a. Celebrity from Big House, who is there? Like where did they even come from?
They have one shop. I was selling bad product. Yeah, and that's it. So I believe they started in Thai Hang. I think they had a cookie shop or something, cookies and stuff, and they started there and they came over here. I think they have a couple of other places. Well, now they do. OK now again. Obviously they have the extension for the cake. Cakes. But yeah, yeah. Which you can go back to a previous episode when you tried. That tried. I tried two of them. Yeah.
Feel bad. Feel bad, dude. Feel bad? I will give them credit for the cake display. Yes, that looks good. Yes, it looks really cool. They're having. Yeah, exactly. But not for 90 bucks. Dude, no, no, absolutely main. Yes, yeah, like when? They're coming like, yeah, when you go walk by the display and you're looking at all. And of course they cut them, all of them, so. You can see the inside of me, yeah. And it's huge. It's really big, yeah, but yeah. The bigger is not always better,
man. Nope. Just like a comedian, let's say, you know, if you're tall and big, doesn't mean you're funnier, of course, right? And we're here for the funnies the same way I'm here for a good piece of cake. Not like oh so much cake because like, yeah, so much of shit does it still shit. Right. Yeah, yeah. If you go to like butter around the corner, you have like an insane cake. Yeah, that's way better, way better, around the same price range. Yes, exactly. Exactly right over there I
would. Shout out to Caris. Caris works for Butter. She's 1 I believe. She might be the head chef actually or the head Baker. She she works there and she's also a yoga teacher, which is amazing because I actually knew her from the yoga studio because I would go there and she's the yoga instructor. But I recognize her from Butter and I told her she has like the perfect scam, basically selling people cake and yoga cake. And then she's like, oh, you want to burn this off, come to
my yoga class. I'm like, how the hell did he do that? She's absolutely awesome. If you go to Butter, say hi to Caris and tell her Mohammed from the yoga class slash the podcast says hi. But yeah, she's awesome. But yeah, Butter. Exactly. That's a great it's. Next door, it's listening. That's what I mean. Bake house butter, you know, like basically all in that area. How is this still surviving? Like how you, how do you how do you even live with yourself itself?
Yes, being amongst the the these good things and going like I want to be a part of that, you know? I think maybe we can start an education campaign in mainland. Yes, about, you know the difference between big house and and vision. Yeah, it's just called. Boo Boo. Boo and like and the English translation. Literally Boo. Yeah, Boo, Boo. Boo Boo you. Should go to vision and Boo them. Oh my God. Boo them to doing better. Dude, it's terrible, but it's OK.
I mean, like I like I said, the invitations open. By all means, come, yes, talk to us, explain to us, maybe I don't know, bacon in front of us and show us all the crap you're putting into it. You. Can actually get us into the the kitchen as well. Maybe. Yeah, yeah, yeah, We'll come and fill. Yeah, we'll take a look like, oh, this is how we make it. This is. And that's at the end of the day, like when they have to find a product. I'm like, that's where you got
wrong. Yeah, the whole product. Yeah. Start over. Yeah, yeah, exactly. From the get go, I was like, hold on a second, hold on. Let me let me look at what you're putting in. You're putting what is this? This is fart that the stop over there. Yes, yes. Let's just stop from this part onward says I'll go home. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think I figured it out all. Right. Yeah, we just Full disclosure, we are not paid by anybody. Also, Big House doesn't fucking need to sponsor anybody.
Yeah, they don't. Yeah, they don't. They do not need us going like, hey, I'm going to. I'm going to tag you. I'm like, we don't need you to. No, no, Trust me. Yes. We have way too many people tagging us. We're not even going to like your post. I see. That they have like in chatting like a store, obviously they're everywhere. Yeah, they have a story chatting. Yeah. But it looks like they're like
making like full on like food. Like I think I saw like a dinner menu of sort like, you know, steaks and stuff. Like man, dude, you guys are ambitious. Yeah, Yeah. You know what, by all means, I think the fact that they got backing of like all these other stores, yes. So even if they didn't thing doesn't work out, they still have the cash. Try it. Of course. Yeah. And I think just the fact that their brand has been a such like, like it's associated with
such good quality. Yes, you're going to want to try it. Of course I would want to try it, Yeah. I mean, not to go to shopping to try, yeah, but but if I happen to be there. Yeah, I will go and try it. Yes. And the open one around here, I would go and try it, absolutely. Yeah, yeah. So man, I, I don't know, like if the day came that was Big House with the crossover with flat iron. Yes. Oh, dude, it's Rock'n'roll, man. Yes, let's rock'n'roll.
Yeah, we will come and do a a live episode for you for free. Yeah, if you do that. Crossover. Yeah, yeah, we will host the whole party. Yeah, we'll just host the dinner. We'll come to every individual table. Yeah, and do a mini episode for you. How about that? That's crazy, man. We'll see who who knows, you know, I mean, there's the beef Wellington. You have the pastry and the meat. So right over there, there's something true. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's a good collab. Yeah, you collab right over there. And then we actually, I, I wanted to, so I got a note from last week because when I was giving a shout out to Arash, yeah, I accidentally said Rahul. Yeah, Rahul is actually one of our patrons as well. So he messaged saying thanks for the accidental shout out. And he's like, wow, what did I do? I'm like, whoops. And then he said, I just finished listening. I was like, what did I do? Thanks to me, Yeah. And then I said I mixed up
Indian names. Classic brown and brown action. So shout out to Arash and Rahul both on the Patreon. Thank you so much. Speaking of patreonpatreon.com/youcanjoin Arash and Rahul and supporting us for $5.00 a month. Yeah, and you get a special bonus episode every week. And maybe you'll get your name set correctly. Yeah, exactly. Right over there. That's all down to Muhammad's
work, man. Yes, I, I just, I just make sure the equipment works properly and the 40 months press that's all I. Do and also our buddy Akhil who runs Craftisimo said he listened to the last episode. We were talking about typing Chan hold cluster and he actually spoke to the guy who runs the ham shop and and I think may be inspired by what we were saying or they were already having it in the works. But they said they want to have a block party at some point for this whole thing.
He said thanks for the shout out and also when they do have the block party we will be involved. Dude, let's do something. I think that's idea, man yes, yeah, it's a really cool idea. If you're going to do it, try to do it before. Like let's say the spring ends. Yes, I. Think they might have been talking about May? Maybe. OK, Yeah. So that's just before summer kind of hits. Yes, maybe we'll make sure that you are back. From the tour, Yeah, my tour and.
Stuff, But yeah, that would be cool. If you haven't listened, go back to last week's episode when we're talking about the new little cool hangout spot, Cool Beans and Ham Shop and Craftisimo. I do have a note, but yes, keyboard. I was like, you see what I mean? Like even cool beans, We at most mock that naming. Stupid stuff, yes, but Vizion just brings out so much hatred. Yes it does. You get my point. Like, it's just like, I was like, I didn't wake up today going like, I'm going to fuck
someone up, man. Yeah, I woke up like a Saturday. We're recording. It'll be a great day. The sun's out. You know, my plan's outside is all good. Yeah. And like, you just say that. Oh, I got to cook it with a neck tart from fucking vision. I'm like, fuck this guy. I'm like, yeah, yeah, it's terrible, dude. Start your day angry. Yeah, exactly. So Oh yeah. So I did go back, go a lot because it's next to the house. And I took Annie to go to Cool
Beans and grab a quick coffee. And that was yesterday of the day of this recording. And it wasn't the main barista who I like familiar with now because it's the same face. There's another guy with cool dreadlocks. Coffee wasn't as good. I have to say, man, Yeah, that's a little. Yeah. Hard to admit. They know who I am. They will probably listen to this. But I will have to say publicly, you got to maintain the quality. Then we'll keep supporting you. You can blacklist me for all I
care. I have to tell the truth. Yeah. Inconsistent. Yeah, inconsistent just for the last that one last time. So before that it was actually quite good and it was always the same guy. So maybe this one guy maybe knew. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I have a loyalty card that I don't have right now, but it's 8 stamps on it. That's how many times I've been. So I am obviously a fan. I love the hang. You got to maintain the quality.
I was just like, you know, to be fair as well because we are recommending these places and we're like, oh, go there, go there. You have to maintain the quality. Also, you have fierce competition in that area. Yeah, including downstairs is halfway is one of the best. Coffees. That's good stuff, dude, Yeah. Halfway is just like honestly also looking out for you. You will get killed by halfway. Yeah, if you don't maintain the quiet. Halfway is already like lines out of.
The Oh yeah, well known, the whole, I mean, they did something right where they went to the whole Saudi old porcelain stuff. Like the whole vibe is cool. The whole vibe is you go there, you feel a bit artsy, you know, you walk there with your little mosque and notebook of the gay. I fit in now. Yeah, you know.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You sit there with you a little bit, but you guys Cool Beans has the advantage of like a proper outdoor area and obviously being, you know, in like a little quiet St. and all of that maintain the quality. Yeah, and. Please don't make another vision. Please we. Do support all the local business, as you can see. Yeah. But yeah, you have to maintain the quality. There you go. All right, so I've been going out a lot trying all of these things. What the hell have you been
after? Actually, no. This summer is just, I mean, this, this new year has been busy for me. My sister came in town, so she was here for a week. Yeah, she's hanging out fine. How is the how is the heart business going? The heart business she's. Organ transfer. Oh yeah, she does. Dude. I still didn't understand it. The SAT talk, she talked about removing cells from this bladder and I was watching it. She was explained to me, I'm like, it's pretty cool.
Yeah, I I, I understood the concept. I didn't understand anything else. I. Thought she's trafficking human organs. Right, I think that she's doing Squid Games. I think. She's doing. Yeah. That's the way it is, you know, Spoiler No, no. Yeah, no, Yeah. I've only got to a point where they were talking a little about, like, something about organs. I'm like OK, wait, wait. They did do that last season. Yes, I know they were getting
the bodies. It's a conspiracy within a conspiracy, which is pretty cool. Pretty cool, yeah. That that point, I'm like, oh, I see where the twist is OK, that's pretty. I said finally something. The acting also was terrible, but I'm like, OK, I like that little depth in my oh, I see what you're doing here. Yeah, we have a real. Thing behind it is to harvest organs. Yeah, yeah. I kind of figured that at at this point I'm like, I think on the way to go with this one. Yes. Anyway, so yeah.
So she was just here in town for a bit. So we were hanging out. It was really nice. Got to do. And like once my sister's here, I get into this whole like end of year vacation kind of mobile. I'm like, I don't care about. Yeah, we're hanging out. Yeah. You know. So we'll go here, go there and I have my. Camera highlights from like places you visited that you're like you can review. This is all about your views.
I don't know if you know. That well, first of all, Soho Band Me is one of my favorite band. Me is in Hong Kong. What is it? It's in the centre and also at Repo's Bay at the Pulse. OK, they have it over there. Go check it out. But we remember, we did the gig and we went. That's the place. Oh yeah, that's right. OK. Yeah, so those guys, I love
their band. Me. It's one of those things where whenever I know I'm on the go for for lunch, I'll grab that, make the slice in half, keep it in two bags and I'll have half now and half later. That's very good stuff. I always encourage everyone go check their stuff out. It's really nice, friendly people as well. Yeah, if you go. To can I compete with you on the ban me department An choy in Shanghuang. Really. It's fantastic. An choy, yes, OK, really, really
good. I have super friendly stuff like little corner shop as well. Yeah. I also could be a bit biased because an choy makes a full beef like without the Patty because the patty's pork and eat it. So they have a four beef 1 and I think they have a chicken one as well. Yeah, but the whole vibe is really cool. It's also quite popular in that area. But yes, keep going. Yeah, Yeah. So that that happened, we went to dim some places, no big deal.
Standard dim sum. Yeah, yeah, I went to the Dai Pi Dong. So if anyone has never been to a Dai Pi Dong, my recommendation is the Canal Rd. market near Times Square. There's this one place called Menge Menke, which is like yellow color, right? Yes, those shops in yellow color, those guys are cool simply because, like, first of all, it's your classic dye Pi Dong where no one's polite. Yes, you know, it looks like dirty. What the fuck is this place?
But the food is. You're like not really excited for you to be there. You don't need to. There's no feelings. There's. No feelings. There's no feelings as in like they don't there's, it's really weird. Like there's no feelings. They're not like, oh, welcome Sir, please enjoy, you know, yes, However, they just have a vibe where like, OK, what do you want? Hey, like they're saying they're just happy to be at that work. Yes, yes, right. They have that vibe as well.
That's really cool as well. I would recommend everyone as well to go check out. Have you been to the noonday gun in cause of Bayside? No. OK, So what? I recommend everyone. OK, so go along the sea front from the Star Ferry. There's like a promenade you can walk in the Convention Center. Yes, yes. Keep fall stick. Make sure the left side of you is the seaside. You keep walking. Yeah, dude, that walk is great.
Super nice, super. Nice. This weather's fantastic for it. There's so many cool things like, oh, I never knew this was you. I never knew that, Yeah. That's OK. Now that you're saying that I did walk because I walked the dog on the waterfront. Yeah. And I met a friend with her the other day and there is like a little kids playground, like past the Convention Center. Yeah. And yeah, the whole area is super nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So you walk over there and then as you walk along, get your camera out because there's always some cool things to take. I'm not. Look at the view. It's like when you get to let's say 1 Tri side, there's a backdrop with a whole bunch of like old classic Chinese post boxes. You know that's up there. You walk away the Causeway near the Yacht Club. You have the old case yacht trainer sitting over there. Yes. You go down to tin how there's a big Victoria Harbour word that is huge.
I didn't get that far. I think I stopped by. Like where? The Yacht Club. Is yeah, she started. Around Christmas and they had like a beautiful Christmas ceremony. You're actually looking at it. Yeah. Right there doing the whole thing. Yeah, yeah. There's the thing. So basically if you walk to the tin, how where there's Goddess of tin? How kind of statue thing is you get around there, that's where this really beautiful thing is. Yeah. So go check those out.
Those are the highlights. We did. It's just one of the things like, again, you remember how I'm like out, not outdoor and everything. Yeah. What's my sisters? Are we going everywhere? Nice. I don't care. We want to hike. Let's go to people do it. Because she likes outdoors. No, she's, I mean, it's just I am really big on doing things. Family, she's sure, let's enjoy it. I want to get every fucking photo I can with this.
Of course, to look back, we'll go to some place like we like we found places in Shengwan that has a lot of graffiti, right, yes. And so we have a few spots. Thanks for the invitation, dickhead. Hey man, you're not family. Oh yeah, All right. Yeah. I thought after like, what, 6 years? We're basically family. But I'm learning right now that I'm not. He was like, I know a. Building. I didn't even call. I could have taken the photos myself. You replaced by a tripod.
Yes, so we did actually take her to wear Cool Beans and I didn't. Go to cool beans no no, we didn't go there but we were next door with that little slope that they have a bunch of graffiti we. Were over the whole area is super. Cool. Yeah, we did some of that. And the cool thing is that we were walking around there just taking pictures and everything. And then but before that we were just at the so the day when we went outdoors to go take photos and stuff like that, the sun was
shining. It was fantastic. It was so good. Next day overcast. I'm like, oh, we just made it. Right, Right. Yeah, that's cool. Yeah. So all that was really good. It was just. Hanging out, but it was actually like I, I'm starting to see like obviously the area, we talked about it many times.
The area is getting super popular and everything the other day is like a warning sign for us like that the area is getting too popular and it's going to be a problem because in front of my house, I've mentioned many times living on there is street called Upper Station Street that is going up to Taiping Chan and on Upper Station Street, everyone in the neighborhood knows that place. There is a small Southeast Asian
cafe. It's like in that one big green building, it's called whatever Southeast Asian Cafe. It's like a neighborhood staple. It's been there for a while and the owner's super nice and we go there often to to get lunch. Good prices and everything. First of all, the area. For the last I don't even know how long, There is almost always a shooting happening, Filming. Filming, yes. Not, not American shooting. Yeah, I was like, OK, what happened to Chevron, man? Yeah, not, not that kind of
style like filming. There's always something, someone filming something with like a camera crew and everything. And sometimes it's really huge production, like, you know, trucks for like wardrobe changes and stuff. So leaving the house, go to the like passing by the Southeast Asian Cafe, full production happening. There's quite small places, also
a basement. It's a very strange kind of like like set up. It's because you go down a few steps and then that's a restaurant again, super cool, super friendly. But this whole thing's blocked off the actual block off the whole street. And there's like filming everywhere. So I, I just go to the guy because I know him. I'm like, hey, what's going on? And he goes, oh, this Xiao Hong Shu people. I'm like, huh. And he goes, yeah, they paid me to basically feature my
restaurant. Oh, OK. Yeah, so, but it's full production. So I don't know if they're doing like they're doing like some sort of like a mini trailer of sorts, like, but full production using their own actors. Your their own. I don't know if they're mainland actors or Hong Kong actors who speak Mandarin, but I can hear Mandarin everywhere. Wardrobe changes, the whole thing. I saw him at like 8:00 PM and he's like, oh, we're going to be
here until like midnight. He usually closes around like 7 or 8. So full production. And yeah, they paid him to feature that because I asked him like, did you pay for this? He's like, no, they paid me. So this is when I started to panic because I'm like, man, if you have lines out of the door. He actually to his credit, he said I don't want that because my staff can't handle it. The quality, I really care about the quality, which I really respected. He's like, I really don't want
that. And I said, dude, if you ever get that, I am not fucking waiting in line. I'm walking straight into the restaurant. And he started laughing. Like, of course, yeah, because I can see him from my window. Yeah, If you have a line, fuck you. I'm. Going straight. To the restaurant there's like no problem, but I don't know she is paying venues like restaurants to feature them. That's crazy. I don't know, maybe, maybe that's one way for them to
feature places. Then everyone says we got to go now to keep creating content, right? Yes, yeah. And maybe what it is that they do that enough to now reverse some restaurants contacts you, owns you and say we want to do that as well. Yeah, it cost 500,000. Dollars I see. Yeah, it's. Smart. Yeah, you know they are. Yeah, they are doing the first big example. Yeah, yeah, yeah, to. Show this can be done, yes and. It looks like they don't know.
Maybe this is whatever. Yeah. They don't know that they are like the other businesses don't know that Shangshu is paying. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So like, hey, that restaurant must have paid for this ad. Right, that's because we I'm going thought as well, right, Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's. Exactly what I thought. I'm like, did you pay these people? It's like, no, they paid me. Yeah. So maybe they picked him as the initial like, oh, these are cool. Yeah. He's going to attract other
businesses. Yeah, we want to do something similar as well. So smart, yeah. Damn, because I think that's the thing we'll see on shoes like what you will find is it becomes a thing that everyone that oh, if that's the new trend, we got to all do it now. Yes and as much as again, I I'm really against that word. I'm like just because the trend doesn't mean you have to do it, but I get it. Maybe when I was young up seeing the same thing as well. Now I'm like, if I was doing,
why would you wanna do it right? Well, our friends in Kennedy Town, obviously, as Kennedy Town residents complain about the whole Arabica thing, they're saying that's right next to Arabica. There will be an N Plus burger opening right there and it's gonna get worse, yeah. Yeah, once you add that, it's over, man. They're gonna do all that. Yeah, so. Yeah, I mean, I don't know you, you can't really stop them at the same time, but you're like, oh, can we have a balance?
But hey, it's like I said, big has is a long line. I can't bitch about it. But at the same time, like, I get it. But it's like, oh, it's just, oh, you know, we were there in the beginning. Yeah, we were there in the beginning, and now you're just like, yeah, you're just pushed out by people who have. But our game, Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know. That they're happy to line up because they're also, like, taking photos and stuff. Yeah, yeah. And with their little oh, I did get.
Oh, again, this fucking old sounds like an ad. I swear to God. Yeah, it's not. It's so big house. A few months ago they launched an app. Did You Know? That I heard you go ahead. Told me about this app. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So I just like got it because whatever they just launched an app and and when you get it, when you get it that early, they actually give you, I will show you they have a you are one of the cooler members. You joined in the 1st 8888 members and you got a free tote bag.
So I got a free tote bag. Oh, really? Yeah. As if this wasn't enough and I didn't have to bring it next time, but yeah, I did take a free tote bag the last time I was there. And yeah, that's pretty. Cool. That's cool. That's cool. Yeah, I know. That's good. I'm I'm glad they're still being innovative with this and all the little. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I mean, it's also at some points, like guys, how much money can you win? I guess never enough. Yeah. I mean, you never know.
It's always better that you do all this stuff while you can. You never know. Tomorrow something will happen. That's true, yeah, Yeah. All you need is like some, some shit to happen when yeah, it's like it's over, you know? Yes, yeah, that was what happened there. Was there was A and it was checking out some jobs and stuff in like the Hong Kong market. And actually there is APA job for the big house main guy. Really. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow, that would be cool.
For 35, this is all public literally just it was on the job list $35,000. To me, his PA. So you got to speak 3 languages obviously. Yeah, yeah. That's a problem, of course, English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Yeah, I knew it. But you can like manage his schedule and all of this stuff. Yeah, if if the job hasn't been filled already, you can go find it online. EA to George something, whatever his name is. That guy, yeah.
OK, so as we wrap up, you can actually get us get in touch and tell us what places you would like us to review as well. As you can see, we're very objective without review and. Very absolutely. Very thorough and will give business you if you have the business, we're going to be first of all, we're going to be transparent about it that you reached out and you know, want us to do something, but it will always be objective, you know, objective as in like we, it's
our human opinion. Yeah, yeah, as objective as you probably can. And also, yeah, letting people like you reached out. And I'll be honest with you, I will go in with the with the want to say something good. Yes. OK. Yeah, of course. Like it's just not myself to go and be like, alright, let's be, you know, black and white about it. I'm not. Are you coming here? I want to. I want you to win. Yes. But if you get me to a point where it's not good, I won't be
like this. Still great, good effort. I'll be like, Nah, you know, just I'm sorry, just not doing for me. I won't be all like, you know, this piece of shit and stuff like that until you hit that borderline. I'll tell you had the Visio on the. Visio level and then it's like, dude, I have to. Track you now I'm. Sorry but that was bad dude. You guys still have the chance.
You're welcome to get in touch or, you know, send that season desist, whatever you want to do. The ball is in your court. One thing I would say is that if I see that actor crooky or whatever the fuck again, I'm just going to like if I see someone like eating it, I might just do this just. Like I think you can ask, maybe ask him be like be honest with me. I had a once, it was terrible. What do you think? What do you think? And they might be like someone gets me.
Yeah, exactly. Finally understands my pain. Actually, but as you said, it's like the investment that will make you like like. Want to enjoy? Want to enjoy and you're? Like pay 50 bucks I gotta make the both of this. Yeah, yeah. And imagine if you come from mainland. Yeah. To. All the way. Yeah, yeah, You're going to trick yourself into like, oh, this is good. Oh for sure you will doubt yourself like it must be me. Maybe this is what they'd like here.
Before, Yeah, yeah. Don't worry, you are in the same boat. It is terrible. And as we're approaching Chinese New Year, buy something red. Yeah, yeah. Are you buying something red? This. I will probably end up buying something red, I'm sure. Yeah, or I'll be using something red to buy stuff, which is the $100 notes. Somehow Red will be involved with the purchase. Yes, yes, I would like to buy something red. Maybe in the next two episodes you will see us both in festive
red. Happy year of the Years of Snake is my year, by the way. Really. Yeah, yeah. Good for you man. Well, I heard like, it's, it's not like when it's your year. That's Annie really is my year. Oh, whatever tells you. Yeah. Yeah, she does. I wouldn't trust Annie Louis, being someone who doesn't speak Cantonese or proper Mandarin, tell you about Chinese culture. That is true. You know, it's like, why would you come to me and tell me, like, tell me about India?
Like, I grew up in Hong Kong, Like, I don't think I'm the best guy. That's true. She was like, Oh yeah, it's not going to be your year. I'm like, thank you. Yeah, good to know, but sure, you know. I saw something someone shared the there is a man MO temple. We mentioned man MO Temple before someone mentioned like that or shared rather the connection like which year is going to be Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They always have that every
year. Like the dog is going to benefit this year, the cow's going to be had an average. Yeah. You can't find it again, but it was something like, yeah, you're gonna have a neutral year. Yeah. Not glorious. And all of these fun words. Yeah. Tell us. Tell us which. Which. What are you and what what's your prediction? Yeah. Thanks everyone for joining us to another super fun episode. Reviews, local businesses, two beans.
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