What do you refuse to get generic versions of?

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    171 year ago

    Mooncakes for mid-autumn festival. Như Lan bakery or skip. The other brands (even the ‘fancy’ ones) have too much sugar. In HK there are other good brands too, but in VN Như Lan is the best.

    I guess also expensive tools like oscilloscopes (Siglent, Uni-T). It’s a big enough investment that I need it to work well, but I’m not rich enough for the fancy brands.

    Oh, and motorcycles – Honda please (yes, we have unbranded motorcycles here, we call them ‘ghost bikes’). There’s always a repairshop that can fix a Honda within walking distance, but I’ve never actually needed to go to one. When I had a Yamaha it broke once in a while, and that meant a long walk in tropical heat.