If you like wine, going to the races and freebies, I might just make your day: Hong Kong Jockey Club’s organizing a month-long “Wines in the Valley” promotion where special food and wine kiosks will be set up during each Wednesday race at Happy Valley, up until March 14, offering...
HK Magazine: Were you born into a musical family? What do your parents do?
Skratch Bastid: My father is a real estate agent from Canada, and my Trinidadian mother raised four children. There was always music playing in our house and my father was a small-time music collector who DJ’d a few...
Celebrate Mardi Gras in style on Feb 21 at Lily & Bloom. With its delectable menu of specials centered on Creole cuisine including gator and corn fritters, she-crab soup with fried okra and corn bread, and chicken gumbo and grilled sausage, this is an event you won’t want to miss.
Lily...
Ah, the return of a gimmick. It’s the Wan Chai Nightlife Awards! For those of you who don’t know, these are awards, which—like many HK film festivals—are not based on merit but rather how much the organizer likes you. Here are my top pics:
Best Club: Club 7-Eleven! Seriously...
Friday
Head down to California Vintage (77 Wyndham St. Central, 2525-9808) after work for some Californian fine wine and light dishes to get you into the weekend mood. Then move on to fancy mixers at Entourage (1-5 Lower Elgin St., Central, 2559-8281) and order something off their signature...
Step right up. Come one! Come all! One night of House, Deep and Tech House.
Starring Swiss DJs Chris Lindvall & Carlo Davids at Drop this Friday.
Ladies free all night, men free before midnight ($100 including one drink after midnight for guys)
Lindvall is based in Hong Kong and can often be...
I’m writing this column from a hotel in London, which has convinced me of the following:
1. China is still the future.
2. English people are stuck in the present.
3. London’s hotel industry is run by foreigners who don’t know anything about London, especially concierges who...
As a frequent traveler and more frequent bragger that I am a frequent traveler, I have to pay my respects this week to the Hong Kong Airport. Rejoice! Hong Kong residents on the glory that be the Hong Kong International Airport—it’s our shining city on a hill, our golden calf, the hopes...
Ron Taylor has been studying spirits for over 30 years and lecturing for 10. Born in Scotland, you’ll be hard pressed to find one who knows more about the “water of life” than this Hong Kong resident.
Starting from February 11th Angel’s Share will be hosting professor Taylor...
Clubs and lounges, by definition, are where people go for cocktails, a night of wild drinking, or to pick up a hookup buddy or three. Under normal circumstances, food doesn’t even enter the equation. Unbeknownst to many, there’s actually an army of nighttime venues who beat the...