Pusan Restaurant (29 Ashley Rd., Tsim Sha Tsui, 2376-3385). “This restaurant is my favorite because the kimchi is spicy and authentic, like what your grandmother would make. It’s tasty.” Sorabol (17/F, Lee Theatre Plaza, Causeway Bay, 2881-6823). “The kimchi here caters to...
Mar 3 2006
Hot dog indeed serves some of the best dogs in the city, 24 hours a day
It’s 3am, your liver is begging you to stop the onslaught of vodka Red Bulls, and you’re starving. We’ve all been there – meeting up with friends “just for a swifty” that turns into another epic night, until the rumbling of our stomachs starts to overpower the...
HK Magazine: What did you know about Johnny Cash before you started? Mangold: Well, I was learning. I think so many people have talked about making a film about Elvis, or a film about some way to get into this world at Sun [Records] and kind of the birth of rock ‘n’ roll at this moment...
Mar 3 2006
HK Magazine: How did you decide to become a dolphin trainer? Jason Lee: I’ve always loved animals and I knew I wanted to work with them even when I was young. I studied zoology in university and upon graduation I found an opening for dolphin trainers at Ocean Park. They provide great on-the-...
Mar 3 2006
Favorite Hong Kong noise: The sound of sniffing in toilet cubicles – never ceases to crack me up. Best gig: The ones we can remember. Worst gig: The ones we can’t. On HK people dancing: Sometimes they do, but on the whole they just move a bit shiftily. Favorite audience: One that...
Mar 3 2006
The Keg
The Keg Wednesdays be damned. It’s a little early to be pulling out all the stops on a Lan Kwai bender, so try some after-work drinking at a solid pub like the Keg instead. Done up like a giant barrel of booze (complete with rounded walls and steel finishings), this pub-of-pubs offers a...
Mar 3 2006
Over a series of free lectures, champagne brunches, long lunches, afternoon teas and a few drinks at the Fringe Club or FCC, Hong Kong readers and writers will be talking about the books they love best. The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival is a 10-day event featuring authors and...
Seamus Heaney (L); John Banville's "The Sea"
Seamus Heaney Who? Irish poet and 1995 Nobel laureate for “works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.” Widely considered one of the three greatest living poets in the English language, he has legions of dedicated followers, dubbed...
Mar 3 2006
www.cnet.com The very best source for everything electronic, from mobile phones to MP3 players to LCD screens. The site also has exceptionally informative reviews. Though the content is a bit complex, it’s a great source of info. tech.nytimes.com The tech section of the New York Times website...
Mar 3 2006
Anson Chan Fang On-sang
Anson Chan Fang On-sang Because she was the first Chinese person and the first woman to become chief secretary. A woman of principle who worked within the system rather than against it, she was named the “iron fist in a velvet glove” by the last governor, Chris Patten. A pivotal figure...