Hot on the heels of Art Basel Hong Kong (the art fair formerly known as Art HK), a raft of local and international art fairs are popping up all over the place. Here are a few taking place throughout the month of May
Art Basel Hong Kong
What used to be known as Art HK has been now rebranded as Art...
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Chef Esther Sham of private kitchen Ta Pantry has moved her digs from Wan Chai to North Point in a collaboration project with wine retailer and storage experts Hip Cellar. The new Ta Pantry (5/F, Block C, Sea View Estate, 2-8 Watson Rd., North Point, 2979-0108) has been...
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We just had a live demonstration today from the folks behind Something Fresh (www.somethingfresh.com.hk), a new vegetarian food service that prepares ready-to-cook meals that then get delivered straight to your door. The idea behind this is that anybody who has a stove should...
I was born and brought up in Hong Kong in the New Territories. I went to Kingston, Ontario for high school. I graduated and took economics for my first degree in Canada, then went over to London, England to study my second degree in fashion design.
I had no intention to do fashion design at all to...
The Joy of Soy
Hong Kong food doesn’t get more basic than soy sauce. The savory condiment has a long and colorful history: invented more than 2,000 years ago in China, over the centuries Asian countries have developed their own versions of the black gold. Japan and Korea like theirs milder;...
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Quemo (5/F, QRE Plaza, 202 Queen’s Rd. East, Wan Chai, 2836-0699) confirms that the Spanish invasion is not yet over—in fact, far from it. Slightly different from the tapas bars of late, Quemo gives off more of a Barcelona Market vibe, with hearty Spanish barbecue...
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A bit late in the Latin American wave but still quite on-trend is Mayta (3/F, Grand Progress Building, 15 Lan Kwai Fong, Central, 2790-0928), yet another Dining Concepts brainchild. This one specializes in Peruvian cuisine, and serves everything from anticuchos (aka skewers)...
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First we had Le Fauchon, then we got Ladurée, later on came Eric Kayser, and now Pierre Hermé is going to open a shop in May. I am seriously liking this non-stop French pastry invasion. I still remember my near-orgasmic experience with a piece of Pierre Hermé chocolate cake in...
Talk of the Town
Our annual Restaurant Guide is out March 22! If you haven’t found a copy tucked inside the print issue of the HK Magazine out right now, don’t worry: you’ll be able to download it onto your tablet device soon (did you know HK Mag has an awesome tablet app now?)....
The Hong Kong Beer Company, the city’s first-ever microbrewery, paved the way in 2003, offering premium lagers and winter ales made right on their premises in Aberdeen. But it wasn’t until 2010, when Typhoon Brewery started a humble operation in Mui Wo and distributed its cask ales to...
