Attention all budding photographers! VLASHOR has launched an exciting “Fun is All Around” Instagram competition, which could land you with some fantastic prizes.
VLASHOR is a well-known, much-loved camera accessories brand that offers all manner of colourful and stylish camera straps, bags and accessories to complement your personal style. Be it colourful and funky, sophisticated and chic, or vintage leather, they’ve got the perfect pick for you to help you boost your snap-happy status.
The top 10 DFA Student Award finalists will attend Business of Design Week (BODW) 2012 from December 3-8th, where they will present their pieces to a final judging panel, who will then decide the winner of the prestigious award.
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How to Enter:
Each year, the Design for Asia (DFA) Student Award reaches out to young untapped talent to find and recognize the most creative and innovative creative design students throughout the Asia region.
Send your snaps in to letters@asia-city.com.hk. The two entrants who find the most will win either a $500 dining voucher for Mostaccioli Brothers (B/F & G/F, 16 Elgin St., Central, 2525-5770), or the newly-opened The Salted Pig (2/F, L Place, 139 Queen’s Rd. Central, 2870-2323). You have until October 1 to send in your pictures, so get snapping!
Right, people: camera phones at the ready. Can you spot some of these classic Hong Kong taxi idiosyncrasies around town?
Last week at Shore, the Ultimate Steak Challenge between celebrity chefs Harlan Goldstein and Jason Black came to a very climactic finish when our marketing manager-slash-rockin’ MC James Gannaban announced the results of the night: Harlan Goldstein had beaten the home team, making him the inaugural winner of this very friendly—but very intense—cook-off that involved not one, but TWO five-course dinners back-to-back.
Originally started as Band Alert in 1998 by Yamaha, Asian Beat has provided a platform for amateur bands in Asia to perform and show off their talents for the past 15 years. Each year, Beat Contest is held in each participating country and region to select the qualifying bands, and each finalist can then proceed to the Grand Final, where the finalists will perform once again to compete to be the top amateur band in Asia.
Tom Lee Music is accepting entries to the annual Asian Beat band competition until July 31.
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Walt’s Café will be offering a special four-course menu for HKD$298 from now until March 26, in celebration of a third place win at the annual MLA (Meat and Livestock Australia) Black Box Culinary Challenge.
Participating teams at this international competition—held in February in Hong Kong—were given a “black box” of raw ingredients and an hour to prepare a four-course meal with it.
Walt’s Café celebrates third place win at MLA Black Box Culinary Challenge with a $298 four-course menu
