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Sumnima Kandangwa

Freelance Editorial Assistant for Style by SCMP


Don’t miss
Hong Kong Design Institute

“Recreated Classics: The Music Golden Age in Sound and Frame”, an exhibition organised by the Hong Kong Design Institute, celebrates Hong Kong’s vibrant pop music heritage from the 1980s to the 2000s. Through rare album cover photography, the show pays tribute to a transformative era in the city’s music history, enriched by Bang & Olufsen’s century-long legacy of sound artistry.
Until November 12. HKDI Experience Centre, Room C002, Hong Kong Design Institute, 3 King Ling Road, Tiu Keng Leng; hkdi.edu.hk
Eat this
Club Rangoon

After closing its Hong Kong location in 2023 and reopening in Singapore, this beloved Burmese restaurant returns for two days only at sister cafe Venner in Central. Next Friday and Saturday, the pop-up will serve a selection of dishes from Club Rangoon’s refreshed menu, including nan gyi thoke chicken noodles and lamb shoulder kalapé hin, paired with natural wines. Venner is tiny so plan appropriately.
161 Hollywood Road, Central
Drink this
Cassio Social Club

Central mainstay Cassio Social Club has unveiled a new cocktail programme inspired by classic aperitivi. Cue tipples such as the Tempo Club, which mixes gin and peach, and the Onda, a dark rum-based recipe bolstered by passion fruit and ginger beer. These additions are complemented by a refreshed menu of bar bites, created in collaboration with neighbourhood Mexican favourite Chicano.
2/F, 33 Wyndham Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central
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Hong Kong Palace Museum

Featuring more than 100 exquisite Chinese textiles from as far back as the Warring States Period (475-221BC), “A History of China in Silk: The Chris Hall Collection” explores the evolution of China’s most prized material. Highlights include millennia-old pieces decorated with dragon and phoenix motifs, Tang dynasty robes and intricate Ming and Qing rank badges.
Until April 6, 2026. 8 Museum Drive, West Kowloon Cultural District; hkpm.org.hk


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Robes on display in the “A History of China in Silk: The Chris Hall Collection” exhibition. Photo: courtesy Hong Kong Palace Museum

A photo of Jacky Cheung on display at the Hong Kong Design Institute’s “Recreated Classics” exhibition. Photo: courtesy HKDI

Club Rangoon’s lamb shoulder kalape hin. Photo: courtesy Club Rangoon

The dark rum-based Onda cocktail at Cassio. Photo: courtesy Cassio

A court robe from the Yongzheng period of the Qing dynasty embroidered with dragons and clouds, on show at the A History of China in Silk exhibition. Photo: courtesy Hong Kong Palace Museum

Hong Kong’s Metropol dim sum restaurant may be dead, but its neon sign will live on

The moment the Metropol’s neon sign, which hadn’t been lit up for years, is turned on one last time, on the evening of September 26, a day before the restaurant in Admiralty, Hong Kong, closed. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Mamoru Hayashi, who ran the Metropol with his family, on the restaurant’s final evening. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Discussing plans to remove the Metropol’s neon sign on the rooftop of the United Centre. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Plans for removing the sign. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Scaffold workers in the process of taking down the Metropol sign. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Elvis Chung, the owner of Po Wah Neon Light, with the Metropol Restaurant’s neon sign. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

The backboard is the last to go. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Snake soup restaurant Ser Wong Fun marks 130 years serving an iconic Hong Kong dish

Gustav, a tourist from Germany, tucks into snake soup at Ser Wong Fun in Hong Kong. Photo: Sarah Kohler

A chef prepares Ser Wong Fun’s signature Tai See Snake Soup. Photo: Sarah Kohler

Pizzaiola Roberta de Sario of Falcone, trying the snake-meat pizza. Photo: @falconehk/Instagram

The Bitter Turns Sweet bento box. Photo: Sarah Kohler

Gigi Ng, the owner of Ser Wong Fun in Hong Kong. Photo: Sarah Kohler

The exterior of Ser Wong Fun, on Cochrane Street, in Central, Hong Kong. Photo: Sarah Kohler

The restaurant’s neon sign. Photo: Sarah Kohler

When Cantopop star Danny Chan collapsed and went into a coma in 1992 – then died a year later

Singer Danny Chan Pak-keung puts one of his albums in a time capsule in 1991. Photo: SCMP Archive

“Enormous work pressure and his moody nature were blamed for singer Danny Chan Pak-keung being admitted to Queen Mary Hospital’s intensive care unit yesterday,” the South China Morning Post reported on May 20, 1992. Photo: SCMP Archives

Canto-pop star Danny Chan Pak-keung is stretchered into Queen Mary Hospital after collapsing in his McDonnell Road home in May, 1992. Photo: SCMP Archive

A fan weeping at Danny Chan’s memorial in 1993. Photo: SCMP Archives

Singer Anita Mui Yim-fong (left) and actor Chow Yun-fat (second from right), with Chan Pak-ling (centre), elder brother of Danny Chan, carrying his brother’s picture at the funeral in 1993. Photo: SCMP Archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s ‘Poor Man’s Nightclub’, a popular outdoor bazaar in the 1980s

Hungry tourists at one of Tai Tat Tei’s lively open-air restaurants in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, in 1986. Photo: SCMP Archives

Stalls in Tai Tat Tei, or the “Poor Man’s Nightclub”, in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan in 1984. Photo: SCMP Archives

Customers peruse shirts for sale in Sheung Wan’s Tai Tat Tei in 1984. Photo: SCMP Archives

A stall sells cheap watches in 1986. Photo: SCMP Archives

A chef gets to work over a blazing wok in a Tai Tat Tei dai pai dong in 1986. Photo: SCMP Archives

A seafood stall displays its offerings in 1987. Photo: SCMP Archives

Tourists tuck into a meal at one of the Tai Tat Tei open-air restaurants in 1987. Photo: SCMP Archives

One of Tai Tat Tei’s many food stalls in 1987. Photo: SCMP Archives

In 1992, stallholders in Sheung Wan’s Tai Tat Tei knew their days were numbered ahead of its closure to make way for the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation project. Photo: SCMP Archives

Guests enjoying a meal at the “Poor Man’s Nightclub” in 1992. Photo: SCMP Archives

A South China Morning Post photographer was there for the final night of the 33-year-old bazaar in August 1992. Photo: SCMP Archives

Diners enjoy one last meal at the “Poor Man’s Nightclub” on August 2, 1992. Photo: SCMP Archives

The Chinese bistros Gen Z can’t stop posting about have arrived in Hong Kong

Chill Chili Bistro, on Fumin Road, Shanghai. Photo: Jake Homovich

Patrons at Fuqingcheng Orange Bistro, aka Orange, in Shanghai. Photo: Jake Homovich

Spicy chicken feet at Orange. Photo: Jake Homovich

Lunch time at The Mushroom, in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Alex Ye Tian and Alisha Zhao Qianqian, the husband and wife owners of Chill Chili. Photo: Jake Homovich

Sour soup fish, a Guizhou classic, at Chill Chili. Photo: Jake Homovich

Chill Chili, the eponymous cocktail served at the bistro. Photo: courtesy Chill Chili

Chill Chili’s kung pao pork. Photo: Jake Homovich

Stir-fried Suillellus luridus with Qiubei dried chilli at The Mushroom. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Zhang Quan, co-founder of The Mushroom. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

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Culture

Check out rare Cantopop album cover photography, sample Club Rangoon’s Burmese fare during a two-day pop-up, or marvel at ancient Chinese silks


Check out rare Cantopop album cover photography, sample Club Rangoon’s Burmese fare during a two-day pop-up, or marvel at ancient Chinese silks.
