Sandwiches
The humble sandwich was invented by Gerald, Lord of Sandwich, back in the olden days when dinner was a roast ox, or dirt. Lord Gerald plumped for a middle course by putting slices of the roast ox between two bits of bread.
For many years, British Rail espoused the concept of the sandwich as penance, hence their soggy tuna sandwiches, kept fresh by regular washing.
Then someone discovered that you could put more than one filling in a sandwich and, at the same time, actually use fresh ingredients and bread which didn't taste like plastic.
In Hong Kong, there are many places where sandwiches can be bought. Some do it as a sideline, and in these places, the sandwich is a sad, slightly damp, forlorn thing. Some do it as the focus of their business. Oliver's Super Sandwiches is the most famous, but there's Pret a Manger as well as many smaller places.
class="heading">Olivers
Oliver's specialise in dull and unimaginative sandiwches which fill you up, but aren't very exciting. Expensive, too. They use the whitest brown bread they can find. A typical Oliver's sandiwch will have some soggy lettuce in it as well.
Their coffee is awful.
Pret A Manger
Pret A Manger do some really nice sandwiches with some really great tastes. Their bread is a multi-grained one and quite tasty all by itself. Their fillings are fresh, and spicy where required (Their oriental Tuna is wasabi-spicy and really nice).