On the post-war streets, every five or ten paces immaculately dressed office clerks would be squatting by little burners, deep-frying rock-hard yellow biscuits.

• 在战后的香港，街上每隔五步十步便蹲着个衣冠济楚的洋行职员模样的人，在小风炉上炸一种铁硬的小黄饼。