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What to do in Hong Kong

What to do in Hong Kong
Your ultimate guide to what’s on in Hong Kong, including insider tips, weekend round-ups, curated guides, plus unique happenings across the city.
A scene from Opera Hong Kong’s new production of The Magic Flute, directed by Shuang Zou, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Photo: courtesy of Opera Hong Kong
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | In Opera Hong Kong’s The Magic Flute, singing let down by staging

For all its amazing vocals, music and acting, production suffers from a confused one-track concept, dull sets and repetitive video designs.

Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, May 18-24

American cinema

Review | The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson’s exquisite espionage caper

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Art

Discover joy of art collecting at the Affordable Art Fair

The show making art accessible to all returns to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre with a four-day visual feast.

Hong Kong artist Pen So’s “A Dream Journey Through Hong Kong” will be exhibited at the Affordable Art Fair. Photo: The Affordable Art Fair
Wellness

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 16-18

A gin extravaganza at PMQ, a talk about ageing well followed by a run or walk, opera, and a luxury handbag pop-up await you this weekend.

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Art

Hong Kong poster art show organisers sought the ‘crazy stuff out there’

Postapalooza festival exhibition at Heath in Tsim Sha Tsui seen by its organisers as a riposte to Hong Kong’s ‘dumbed down’ view of design.

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Food and Drinks

How Hong Kong’s egg and beef sandwich became so beloved and where to eat it

A staple snack at cafes and restaurants in the city, the Hong Kong-style egg and beef sandwich is revered among locals and tourists alike.

Sun Hang Yuen’s beef and egg sandwiches use fresh meat rather than canned corned beef. Photo: Sun Hang Yuen
American cinema

Review | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is fun but no masterpiece

Tom Cruise plays agent Ethan Hunt, out to save the world, this time from a rogue AI, in an instalment that neatly wraps up the franchise.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 16-18

From Ling Chan’s guest shift at Serendipity and a gin-filled experience at PMQ, to a special evening with Ajit Gurung and Nokoy Mak in Macau.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 16-18

Round off your week with steak night, start your Saturday slow with a coffee and a pastry, and celebrate with a Spanish fiesta this Sunday.

Bacha Coffee has a new concept store in Hong Kong’s Harbour City mall. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Where Polish chef in Hong Kong eats lunch and late-night Japanese

Soho House chef Krzysztof Czerwinski shares his top picks for lunch, Italian food and after-hours Japanese, and a ‘charming’ Cantonese joint.

Okonomiyaki at Kozy Okonomi-yaki Teppan-yaki restaurant. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Food and Drinks

Bistro Jean-Pierre brings taste of Paris to Hong Kong, plus more new openings

Pumpkin gnocchi at Primo Posto Ristoro, Parisian bistro classics at Jean-Pierre, curry noodles at Mama Tiger – and a new Jollibee.

American cinema

Review | Final Destination: Bloodlines – horror franchise back after 14-year break

MRI scanners and vending machines are used to kill characters in creative ways in long-awaited gorefest that follows the franchise formula.

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Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon – sci-fi anime film is for diehard fans only

Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon offers a big-screen compilation of the anime, but character development and emotional nuance are stripped away.

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A still from Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon (category IIA, Japanese), directed by Tomomi Kamiya and Shigeyuki Miya. Masaya Fukunishi and Asami Seto provide voices.
Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, May 11-17

Cheese-infused sushi at Roucou, art with wine at ThinkWine, urban art in Tai Kok Tsui and a one-night revival of Canton Disco at The Trilogy.

Romain Loriot, founder and managing director of Thinkwine, which is collaborating with Rica Art Space for an Art ’n’ Wine party. Photo: Thinkwine
Meditation and how to find balance

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 9-11

Support Hong Kong bakers, and charity, at a ‘cake social’, check out poster art or grab your yoga mat for a new moon retreat with gongs.

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Food and Drinks

Where a Persian in Hong Kong eats dumplings and knife-cut noodles

A fan of Cantonese food, Ali Ghorbani reveals where he eats claypot rice, ‘some of the city’s best dumplings’, and a full English breakfast.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | A Gilded Game: Oho Ou, Andy Lau lead moralistic financial drama

Lau plays an equity analyst and Ou his protégé, a fresh-faced bank hire chasing a big deal, in Herman Yau’s financial drama.

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Andy Lau as equity analyst Todd Zhang in a still from A Gilded Game (category IIA; Mandarin), directed by Herman Yau Lai-to. Oho Ou co-stars.
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 8-11

From The Daily Tot’s alcohol-free menu to Hong Kong Beer Co’s hoppy IPA and The Aubrey’s Korean-inspired cocktails.

Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Holy Night: Demon Hunters – Ma Dong-seok can’t save tiring action horror

Ma Dong-seok fails to make a hit in this tale of a private detective who deals with cases of demonic possession by fighting spirits.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 9-12

From a pinwheel of Italian appetisers to dim sum on a harbour cruise, make the most of Mother’s Day weekend.

Vista’s Pinwheel Weekend Lunch is available this Mother’s Day weekend. Photo: Vista
Food and Drinks

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong (and Macau), May 4-10

Savour Wagyu beef at Yakiniku Sho, cocktails at Paragon listening bar, Asian cuisine at Wynn Palace and Japanese bento sets at Buff.

Yakiniku Sho’s Japanese-Korean culinary maestro Shoji Tsugawa features his cross-cultural style of yakiniku, to inaugurate Yakiniku Sho in Hong Kong. Photo: Yakiniku Sho

Scuba divers talk up potential for the sport’s growth in Hong Kong

Hong Kong supports a diversity of coral and fish, even if its waters are murky, pair say. They suggest ways to attract more scuba divers.

Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, May 4-10

Highlights include Rolland Cheung’s exhibition, a Broadway musical debut in HK, mouthwatering Mother’s Day feasts and whisky-chocolate pairing at Coa.

Hong Kong

Allez to the French May arts festival as it returns to Hong Kong

The annual celebration serves up a slice of Gallic goodness with its bounty of gourmet food and performing arts feasts.

Rachid Ouramdane’s Corps extrêmes combines acrobatics, dance and extreme sports. Photo: Le French May
Food and Drinks

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this long weekend, May 2 to 5

Over this long weekend, fill up on award-winning beef noodle soup from Taiwan and enjoy an exhibition of art that celebrates the city.

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Anastasia Tsiupa will lead a one-hour mat Pilates class in Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park, Hong Kong, on Saturday morning. Photo: instagram.com/flowandfriendshk
Food and Drinks

Where a Cantonese comfort food lover in Hong Kong eats old-school dishes

Marathon swimmer Ryan Leung shares where he eats ‘creative’ Japanese food and traditional Hong Kong fare like macaroni and dessert soup.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | ‎The Dumpling Queen: founding of a Hong Kong food brand

Andrew Lau’s rags-to-riches biopic streamlines and rather sugarcoats the story of the Wanchai Ferry brand’s Zang Jianhe, played by Ma Li.

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