Located right beside Sheung Wan station exit A2, Hillier Street is one of those eating streets where something new and delicious surprises you every time you visit. Intersecting Bonham Strand, Jervois Street and Mercer Street, the area starts getting busy right around lunch, when office ladies and...
I’m suffering from some post-holiday blues. My fingers feel heavy and are rebelling against each stroke of the keyboard. The words won’t gel and the sentences just refuse to form. I’m already missing the perfect pastries, sushi and soba noodles from Osaka, Japan’s second...
No doubt one of your New Year’s resolutions was to lose weight, hit the gym, and start eating right. We can’t force you onto a treadmill, but here are some great, tasty ways of keeping the calories off!
Just Salads
Various locations including 30-34 Cochrane St., Central, 2850-6818.
Do-...
2010 was a hotpot of a year: it started with a solid base, and then all kinds of
crap got thrown in. From Post-80s protesters to mass Legco walkouts to ineffectual
democratic reform, our government has been feeling the heat from all sides. Add the pseudo models banned from the book fair, the...
JAPANESE
Busy Suzie
We said: “Busy Suzie is the place to be seen, and truly is the best robatayaki in Hong Kong. For the sky-high standards you do pay sky-high prices—but the food is exquisite and the atmosphere boisterous. Yelling out the odd “arigatou gozaimasu” (thank...
Christmas is a time for home-cooked meals and family arguments. But in between explaining to grandma why you’re 29 and still alone in the world, and trying to get the turkey in the oven, making a pudding from scratch is often a step too far. If you’re looking for a freshly-baked...
With two weeks to go until Christmas Day, many of us at HK Towers are feeling rather more like Scrooge than Santa. Trees need decorating, stockings have yet to be stuffed, and a trip around the malls is enough to make you want to throttle your nearest and dearest with the nearest piece of festive...
Ah, fondue—the western hotpot. Originating from the Swiss alps, fondue is a meal designed to share—bits of bread, mushroom, ham or whatever else is lying around, stuck on a long-stemmed fork and dipped into a steaming bowl of molten cheese. It’s the perfect meal for chilly weather...
Big Name Bash
Count down to the New Year at the White Hot NYE Party with DJ James Lavella at The Mira. The master of progressive house from the UK flies in for one night only to ring in 2011 with the ultimate dance event. Tickets purchased between now and December 30 cost $1,100, which include an...
We know the New Year’s countdown is gonna be a crazy mess as always—there’ll be the drunken merrymaking, confetti on the streets, the fireworks—the whole shebang. To minimize the damage to your poor liver, it’s vital to line your stomachs for the long night ahead....