Data Scraping, Cleaning, and Analysis

The second assignment gave me a complete experience of the data collection, cleaning, and analysis process. You can access my website here. First, I chose the Ma On Shan area where I live and scratched the data of Ma On Shan restaurants in openrice, including restaurant name, number of favorites, categories, price range, number of…

For my second assignment, I collected data from Openrice, which is a food and restaurant guide website that operates in Hong Kong, Among all the districts in Hong Kong, I selected the place where I have lived for over 20 years – Sham Shui Po. You may find the page in Openrice here. Parsehub was…

It is generally known that Japanese stuff always receives popularity in HK. For the first time I dig into the Openrice filter, the number and proportion of Japanese restaurants still shock me. In the richest areas like TST and Causeway Bay, Japanese food wins over all the foreign restaurants. In the relatively poorer areas, the…

I not only learn through the whole process of scrapping, cleaning, and analyzing the data, but also gain a deeper understanding of Ma On Shan, get closer connections with it, and feel a sense of belonging.

As a student who lives in Tai Wai, I appreciate the convenience brought about by abundant food options very much. But sometimes it’s hard to find the one that suits your taste, especially when you need to balance the food and price.

Let’s overcome the FOBO(the Fear of Better Options) when deciding what to eat in Sham Shui Po!