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Originally Posted by yinagi
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Yes strip shows in Hong Kong are nowadays limited primarily to these Velvet Curtain bars which are notorious for chopping carrot the unawares. Oh, some locals still go to these places but armed with full knowledge of all the ways that they can screw you i.e. forcing you to buy the over-priced "girlie drinks" (actually 2 prices for these - one that the punter thinks he agrees to and another much higher priced one that he eventually gets billed for), stuffing multiple "drink chits" for the only one drink which the punter thinks is being stuffed into his drink chit container (which he thinks he's watching over at all times!!), promises of "more" in the back rooms, whilst pumping him to buy the girls more drinks, way over-priced take out fees...which gets further inflated when the punter do go out with the girl etc etc.
So yeah, I'd say it would NOT be a good idea for the uninitiated and nice guys to tempt fate by being goaded to go into these bars. You're very likely to be slaughtered/save your $$$'s for when you go to LOS, PI and other SE Asian countries where such activities are more prevalent, less carrot chopping going on and way cheaper than in Hong Kong. (Heck, all these bars only have LOS/PI gals anyway!!).
And oh..yeah, spend what you save from not going to these places by patronizing the other fine establishments, services etc in Hong Kong. LOL!
SEAJ