I check on the price for Big Mac set meal in HK, and it’s $155.12 NTD.
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It’s $140 in Taiwan.
Monthly median wage is only 19k HKD in Hong Kong, excluding migrant workers. And hourly median wage is 77 HKD. Minimum wage is lower than Taiwan.
https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/scode210.html
Hong Kong is not that rich.
You’re looking at a promotion price. The regular price is currently HK$58, which is TW$225.
And what about salary? Most people in Hong Kong get a monthly salary, including receptionists and hotel desk clerks. Only college kids working at 7-11 make hour wages.
The article says the original price is 40 or more. Not sure what that means.
Like I said, HK food isn’t exactly cheap or affordable. That costs more than Japan.
I thought it was obvious that wage = salary. What else would it mean?
It costs more than Taiwan, but it doesn’t mean it’s not affordable. You need to take the salaries into consideration.
Wage = hourly (only low-end jobs)
Salary = monthly (most jobs)
If you’re looking at the figures of median wage, that means you are only looking at low-end jobs that pay hourly.
To give you more of an idea of professional-level salaries, secondary school teachers in Hong Kong with 10 years of experience make roughly $US8k-10k/month.
(I do have to put a disclaimer that teachers in HK don’t make any less than business professionals, so don’t take this as a lower-end salary.)
It’s HK government stats on all wages. Idk what you are on about. Median wage being 19k means 50% of all employees in Hong Kong make fewer than 19k. And this excludes migrant workers from SE Asia who are treated appallingly in HK.
You are delusional if you believe Hong Kong to be particularly rich. Its GDP per capita is barely 50k USD, and a lot of it is entrepot trade (like Singapore), so actual income is much lower than that.
It is true that public positions like teachers or functionnaries are paid a lot in Hong Kong … probably because the government need to keep them happy so they wouldn’t rebel against the garbage HK government lol.
I see. Well, that’s still higher than Taiwan, and hence the higher cost at restaurants. It’s only HK$14k in Taiwan.
Also, this figure doesn’t include business income. Most rich people in HK didn’t get rich from wages/salaries.
For about 20 years now, Taiwanese food has played a key role in keeping my body and my soul together, so I gave it a favorable vote.
The question is, would Thai food or Korean food have kept your body and soul together even better? Food for thought. 
I think it is fair to say that beef. let’s just say cow in general (although stomach here trumps anything in north america) is just either shitty or expensive beyond reality. that says a lot for many foods to be fair. but on that note, beef isnt Taiwanese food. ever. no matter how one wants to try and swing it.
on the flip side, I trust a Taiwanese with a knife slicing up a pig carcass FAR more than say a Canadian with a knife carving up a pig carcass. I do t think there is any arguments there. taiwanese know their way around a pig body. fluently.
Ahem…
Yeah, that’s not Taiwanese, mate.
It sure tastes good in Taiwan, though!
How is it not?
The concept didn’t originate here, but I think it’s been Taiwanized to the point where it’s part of the national cuisine.
It’s a Central Chinese dish, brought over to Taiwan in 1949 via Nanking, China.
ps. this is what I was mentioning above. the poll is about Taiwanese food being good. I say it is. not about thai food being better. or chinese, or Japanese or mexican or whatever. I like thai food more because it has more spices and natural flavors. but the poll wasnt about that, so it isnt relevant 
Taiwanese food is still good. regardless of other cuisines being preferable to me. but it needs to be sourced,stored, prepared and cooked decently for me to want to eat it.
in terms of local level sanitation I out Taiwan and thai on par. flavor is subjective, I prefer thai. but that doesnt make Taiwanese cuisine bad. more on it just means literally same shit different smell.
on a manufacturing level, I out thailand above taiwan, but I doubt most people are comparing cleaning schedules and floor drain logistics in this thread.
Have you lot ever watched Taiwan cooking programs on the TV? The food is almost always grey, brown or black. Then they chuck some chopped scallions or cilantro on top to make it look better.
It looks like gloop. You know, when your toilet gets blocked after you’ve just taken a shit and it won’t flush?