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Sumnima Kandangwa

Freelance Editorial Assistant for Style by SCMP


Eat this
Shop B

Leaning into founder Natalie Ngan’s background, this understated eatery recently changed tack from elevated dai pai dong to American-inflected Chinese. Big flavours abound in dishes such as Sichuan pepper beef tartare, “Dao C Lang Yu” Caesar salad, and possibly the best fried squab in all of Hong Kong Island.
Shop B, 10-14 Fuk Sau Lane, Sai Ying Pun
Don’t miss
Hotel Revelateur

On October 31, Pier 1929 will transform into Hotel Revelateur, inviting Hong Kong’s ghosts and ghouls to check in from 9pm to 6am. Hosted by Spin Sum Entertainment, this immersive Halloween party boasts two wings: the Drawing Room, wrapped in soft pastels and faux furs, and the Main Lounge for leather and lace affairs, each featuring its own bar. DJs Axel Boman and Ouissam will craft the soundtrack for a night where self-expression is the only dress code.
Pier 1929, 2/F, Wan Chai Ferry Pier, Wan Chai. Tickets from HK$780. Visit spinsum.asia for details
See this
Asia+ Festival 2025

This November, the Asia+ Festival 2025 kicks off with an extensive programme of artistic performances spanning Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Now in its third year, the festival is set to bring to the stage the likes of the Yamato taiko drumming troupe from Japan, a K-musical featuring a time-travelling tailor and a kung fu dance performance inspired by Bruce Lee.
For details, visit asiaplus.gov.hk
Drink this
Casa Cucina

Head to this casual Italian bistro, now in Causeway Bay, for a new happy-hour menu that’s easy on the wallet: from HK$158, diners can tuck into a beer-dough pizza washed down with a choice of draught beer, house wines or cocktails. Crafted in a 48-hour cold fermentation process using 50 per cent dark lager, the poolish beer dough results in a crispy crust with a light, malty interior.
Shop C & D, Riviera Mansion, 59-65 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay


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Your Perfect Week

Dance drama Kung Fu Artistry, which celebrates the 85th anniversary of the birth of Bruce Lee, is part of the Asia+ Festival in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Sichuan pepper beef tartare at Shop B in Hong Kong. Photo: courtesy Shop B

Revellers get spooky at a Spin Sum event, which is coming to Hong Kong’s Wan Chai Ferry Pier on October 31. Photo: courtesy Spin Sum

The Yamato drumming troupe will perform Hinotori: The Wings of Phoenix at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on November 7 and 8. Photo: courtesy Genta Ogawa

Happy hour at Casa Cucina offers draught beer and cocktails to wash your pizza down. Photo: courtesy Casa Cucina

The ‘By Chance. By Luck’ exhibition takes photography and food in new directions at Hong Kong’s Side Space

An artwork by David Leung features a pareidolic image of a fish on a folding stool. Photo: courtesy Side Space

Artist David Leung (left) and chef David Lai on a wet market run. Photo: courtesy Side Space

David Leung’s two-person folding stool invites serendipity. Photo: courtesy Side Space

A new generation of Chinese artists are defying stereotypes

Two Walls – Ordinary War Rehearsal (2025), by Wu Ziyang. Photo: courtesy Wu Ziyang

Pigeon Legend – Stories 100 Years After Agartha (2024), by Wu Ziyang. Photo: courtesy Wu Ziyang

Diffusion (2024), by Cao Shu. Photo: courtesy UCCA Center for Contemporary Art

Corner of The Park – Prologue (2018), by Cao Shu. Photo: courtesy OCAT Shenzhen exhibition Fiction Art

Random Access (2023), by He Zike. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Engineer turned artist Xin Liu. Photo: courtesy Xin Liu Studio and Make Room Gallery

A still from Living Distance (2019), by Xin Liu. Photo: courtesy Tim Saputo

NOAA, A Fall Towards Home (2025), by Xin Liu. Photo: courtesy Xin Liu Studio and Hyundai Art Lab

What to do in Hong Kong for Halloween 2025, from parties to face-painting

Celebrate Halloween in Hong Kong this year with a range for spooktacular events across the city for both adults and children. Photo: Eugene Lee

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The art of intimacy: how Batten and Kamp turn their relationship into sculpture

Daniel Kamp and Alexandra Batten in their Wong Chuk Hang studio in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Kamp and Batten met as teenagers. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Sex Tape (2023), by Batten and Kamp, is a coffee table with an intimate film of the couple contained on a USB drive set within glass. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Works in progress in the Batten and Kamp studio include the Steel and Stone chair (left) and the Orbit coffee table. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

An Impossible Stack of Unlikely Advances Reaching Skywards (2021; sculpture on stand) and the Bolete coffee table. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Materials Batten and Kamp use for their artwork. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

A detail of Batten and Kamp’s Steel and Stone chair. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Sketches by the artist duo. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Volcanic views and forgotten graves in Indonesia’s Banda Islands

Gunung Api, seen from the Pohon Sejuta Umat viewpoint in Lonthoir, on Banda Besar. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

A woman lays out fish to dry in Banda Neira’s market. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

Approaching the Banda Islands aboard the Pelni ship KM Pangrango, sailing from Ambon. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

The once highly prized nutmeg on sale at Banda Neira’s market. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

Lukman Ang in front of the Silk Road-inspired mural he painted in the Sun Thien Kong Temple in Banda Neira. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

A grave in Banda Neira’s Chinese cemetery. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

The shuttered Sun Thien Kong Temple. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

Writer Marco Ferrarese studies Lukman’s mural depicting the role of the Banda Islands in the Silk Road networks. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

Istana Mini, the mansion of colonial governor Jan Pieterszoon Coen, with one of the Chinese lions stolen from the Sun Tien Kong Temple. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

Banda Neira, seen from the top of Gunung Api. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

Public transport between Banda Neira and Banda Api. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

Cannon on the ramparts of Fort Belgica, on Banda Neira. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

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Catch a kung fu dance show inspired by Bruce Lee, get spooky at Pier 1929’s Halloween party, or enjoy a happy hour pizza deal at Casa Cucina


Catch a kung fu dance show inspired by Bruce Lee, get spooky at Pier 1929’s Halloween party, or enjoy a happy hour pizza deal at Casa Cucina.
