Posts From the Way Back Machine #1: Hong Kong Product Expo

Regular readers of the farang blog have probably noticed that I'm not exactly carrying my weight around here. Sadly, so has the farang team management - I've been issued a written warning and placed on probation. As part of my supervisor-approved improvement action plan, I'll be posting a number of thoughts and pictures from Hong Kong - look for them over the next week or so. Anyhow, here's the first.

Tiara and I found out about the "Hong Kong Product Expo" when we were looking for free/cheap entertainment in Hong Kong. Now that we've been we're still not exactly sure what we saw, but it was cheap and Charlie seemed to have a good time. Here are five impressions/pictures:

1) It was very popular:

2) They sell something called "Caterpillar Fungus":

3) They sell it with giant caterpillar fungus mascots:

 

4) They have a lot of "capsules machines" - tricked-out versions of the coin operated toy machines you might find at the exit of your local supermarket:

 

5) These machines vend a variety of unusual offerings, including miniature plastic sushi, rubber band guns (some assembly required), and little bits of plastic anatomy: