You may know all the regular places, but sometimes you just have to impress your friends with something more. Join us as we take you on a trip into Hong Kong’s lesser-visited spots. But don’t tell anyone. After all, we don’t want everyone finding out…
Broadway’s DVD...
It’s 9am on a Monday and I’m sitting at my desk reading a spreadsheet with data. Is that amazing? Absolutely. Why? Because my eyes are bloodshot, I’m shaking terribly and every three minutes I put my hands over my eyes and murmur, “Oh no. Why did I do that last night? Why...
(I always like writing Japan! with an exclamation mark because I imagine some violent comic-book Japanese schoolgirl yelling “JAPAN!” and slicing somebody’s head off with a katana.)
These are my favorite Japanese restaurants and bars in Hong Kong.
Sake Bar: SAKE BAR GINN
Sake Bar...
I was born and raised in Hong Kong until I was 13—my parents sent me to boarding school in Devon, England. So I went to boarding school for four years, then after that I went to Toronto for school and university. I came back to Hong Kong in 1991.
I didn’t know [I was going to be the...
HK Magazine: How did you begin your career as a DJ?
Afrojack: My mom owned a dancing school, so I was always around music. I learned to play the piano when I was a kid. At one point I started working with simple music computer programs creating all these sounds—literally in my bedroom. I...
When I flag down an available taxi and it slows down but then speeds up and drives away:
Oh man, I’m really late for work. Why did I hit the snooze button six times? Why did I watch that “Harlem Shake Compilation 22” on YouTube? It’s like three months old. The Harlem Shake...
It’s a cliché, but yes, Hong Kong is a city of extremes. Whether you want to live the high life or have fun on a dime, you can have (almost) the same lifestyle for two very different budgets. Wanna (literally) get high and/or low? There’s always something to match your lifestyle—...
I’m inventing a new term and assigning it to me: techno-luddite. I’m comfortable with old technologies (Blackberrys, books, low-end toasters) and tolerate some new (new iPad) but for the most part I’m wary of new things. It takes a long time for me to adapt and usually tech makes...
