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What to do in Hong Kong
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
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Hei Baat Fong is Sarah Greene’s go-to place in Hong Kong for dumplings. Photo: Hei Baat Fong
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A fan of home cooking’s go-to Hong Kong restaurants for dumplings and more

Raised in Belgium, Sarah Greene reveals her picks in Hong Kong for an aperitif and snack, dumplings and Thai, Korean and Nepalese food.

Food and Drinks

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, January 19-25

Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Happyend: dystopian surveillance in chilling Japanese high school drama

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Art

Hong Kong museums take tours for disabled people to the next level

A museum’s free accessible tours for the hearing-impaired use Hong Kong Sign Language, while M+ and the Palace Museum offer new options.

Tactile artefacts are some of the key features of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority’s new “WestK Inclusive Sharing Month” in January 2025. Photo: WKCDA
Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, January 19-25

See award-winning play The Top Restaurant or A&G Boulangerie’s exhibition of food art, and try new cocktails at JW Marriott’s Bar Q88 or the collaboration menu at Estro.

Hong Kong

Why a juggler decided to let the ball drop

The artists of the New Boom in Circus programme at Tai Kwun in Hong Kong are rethinking the contemporary art form.

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Food and Drinks

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 17-19

From tasting tea to doing tai chi to an electronic music beat, five things to draw you out of your flat this weekend in Hong Kong.

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The Kalos x Squid Game 2 pop-up at Hysan Place, Causeway Bay, features copies of the motion-sensing doll and pink-clad soldiers from hit Korean drama series Squid Game’s season 2 on Netflix. it’s one of our must-sees this weekend in Hong Kong. Photo: Kalos
Old Hong Kong

An abandoned village is brought to life in this debut Hong Kong festival

The Countryside Harvest Festival takes place at the 400-year-old village of Kuk Po in Hong Kong’s far north.

Food and Drinks

Best restaurants for luxury Chinese New Year menus in Hong Kong

Celebrate in style with our list of some of the best restaurants for Chinese New Year lunch and dinner dining in Hong Kong.

Food and Drinks

Where a French chef in Hong Kong goes for dumplings, tastes of home

Feuille head chef Joris Rousseau shares his go-to places for pan-fried buns, wontons, goose, crab and French food by a chef with ‘the touch’.

Wonton noodles from Hong Kong restaurant Tsim Chai Kee. Photo: Ji Siqi
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 16-18

Bid adieu to Dr Fern’s Gin Parlour, indulge in a new menu at Bar Q88, and celebrate Kinsman’s first anniversary with a special cocktail event.

Bar Q88’s new Flavours menu is inspired by the tangram puzzle. Photo: Handout
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | K-Family Affairs: how a family endured 30 years of Korean political turmoil

Nam A-rum’s documentary is an intimate study of her family, her civil servant father and former activist mother, told through home movies.

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Hong Kong

This ‘grandma’s game’ is taking Hong Kong – and all ages – by storm

Once a niche sport, pickleball has captivated the city and players of every age – even Taylor Swift and Michael Phelps are fans.

Food and Drinks

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, January 12-18

Chef Wu Chun-pui’s delicacies at Daai Zaak, a new-look Tsui Wah in Lan Kwai Fong, yakitori delights at Torikizoku, and Truffle Bakery’s first store outside Japan.

Daai Zaak’s signature large sesame dumpling in Hong Kong. Photo: Daai Zaak
Food and Drinks

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, January 12-18

Try spirit-free cocktails at The Opposites or The Legacy House’s tangerine peel tasting menu, and see new stage play Homecoming or sculptor Alicja Kwade’s solo show.

The Legacy House’s newest menu is dedicated to dried tangerine peel. Photo: The Legacy House
Wellness

Run clubs have arrived in Hong Kong to combine exercise and community

This booming subculture is attracting runners of all abilities and from all walks of life to join up and enjoy a workout together – and buy the merch.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Remember What I Forgot: nostalgic tale of a Hong Kong cinema geek

Philip Keung and Fish Liew star in Keian Chui’s directorial debut that indulges the audience with memories of Hong Kong cinema.

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Cézanne and Renoir expo explores 2 friends’ strikingly different styles

Hong Kong Museum of Art’s exhibition, ‘The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Cézanne and Renoir Looking at the World’, will feature a collection of 52 late 19th century works from the Impressionist masters.

Apples and Biscuits (circa 1880), by Paul Cézanne. Photo: GrandPalaisRmn/Musée de l’Orangerie
Wellness

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 10-12

Indulge in some self-care, do yoga in a museum, get inspired by a Hong Kong ultra-running film and stock up on some half-price sports gear.

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Food and Drinks

Where a home cooking lover eats in Hong Kong, from dim sum to pizza

‘Big fan of soup’ Joyce Yung shares where in Hong Kong she eats ramen, Peking duck, dim sum from a cart and pizza with coffee.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Burning Blood: stars of Young and Dangerous back for awful police thriller

Jerry Lamb, Jason Chu, Jordan Chan and Michael Tse reunite in Wilson Chin’s posthumous final film that is just as bad as his others.

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Michael Tse in a still from Burning Blood (category IIB, Cantonese), directed by Wilson Chin. Jordan Chan and Michael Tse co-star.
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 9-11

This weekend, enjoy a night of disco hits and dumplings, an afternoon of Aperol, and indulgent cocktails (or mocktails) at La Petite Maison.

The L’Orgeat, a cocktail from La Petite Maison’s Une Petite Pause menu in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for January 10-12

Prep your taste buds for a flavourful 2025 with Friday night pizzas, an exclusive kitchen takeover and harbourside afternoon tea.

Mental health

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 3-5

Catch some bargains at a Hong Kong products expo, see a Korean artist’s pop-up show of paintings, learn how to map your body, and more.

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Wellness

We tried HBOT, infrared sauna and red light therapy at Hong Kong’s 10x Longevity

The Circuit at 10x Longevity has taken cutting-edge treatments out of the laboratory and the domain of elite athletics to make them part of everyday wellness routines.

The Circuit at 10x Longevity in Hong Kong offers treatments like hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), infrared saunas and red light therapy. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Food and Drinks

Bento to fine dining, a nutrition specialist’s top Hong Kong restaurants

Tricia Yap reveals her sushi treat spot, and where to find the best tsukemen outside Japan and ‘fantastic’ beef clay pot rice in Hong Kong.

A roast pork and vegetable bento from Karui Bento. Photo: Instagram/@karuibento
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 3-4

Planning to dial down on the alcohol for the first month of 2025? Try these zero- or low-ABV cocktails, and tea-inspired or tea-infused libations.

Hong Kong dining & recommendations

Luckin to Blue Bottle, 5 new Hong Kong cafes to try in January 2025

Coffee lovers looking for new places to drink some in 2025 can choose between home-grown independents and imports from China and the US.

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