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

Food and Drinks

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

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

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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Ma Li as businesswoman Zang Jianhe in a still from ‎The Dumpling Queen (category IIB; Cantonese, Mandarin) directed by Andrew Lau. Kara Wai and Ben Yuen co-star. Photo: Handout
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9 Mother’s Day events in Hong Kong, from lavish brunch to dinner

Indulge your mother on her special day with a tasting menu, a Cantonese feast, a seafood extravaganza or a leisurely brunch.

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12 of the best new places to eat in Hong Kong, Macau in May 2025

Check out restaurants serving Japanese, Thai and Singaporean cuisine, Hong Kong classics, and Italian, French and Vietnamese food.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Vital Signs: Louis Koo, Neo Yau play ambulance paramedics in wistful drama

Polar opposites come together and have changes of heart in Cheuk Wan-chi’s film. Seeing Koo without a gun in his hand is refreshing.

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Louis Koo Tin-lok as paramedic Ma Chi-yip in a still from Vital Signs, written and directed by Cheuk Wan-chi. Neo Yau and Angela Chan co-star.
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 1-5

From 929’s Cantopop cocktails at Terrible Baby to alcohol-free delights at Mostly Harmless Bar with Coa, we’ve got you sorted.

Food and Drinks

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, April 27 to May 3

Take in some yakitori at Maison Tori in Central, satisfy your sweet tooth at Poppins in Sha Tin’s New Town Plaza, and indulge in a California smoothie from Jamba in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Art Basel

Why brands and businesses are embracing street art culture in Hong Kong

While some brands seek commercial messaging, others offer artists creative freedom, fostering a vibrant scene that’s both visually captivating and culturally relevant.

Street art is becoming increasing popular in Hong Kong. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Photography

Photographer Michael Kenna shows love of Japan in Hong Kong exhibition

Briton’s long-exposure landscapes are the product of a resolutely analogue way of working in which he communes with his subjects.

Photographer Michael Kenna presents his largest Hong Kong exhibition, Japan: A Love Story. Photo: Matteo Colla
Pets in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend April 25-27

A Japanese ice-cream parlour’s pop-up, a chance to invest in artistic mini pouches and an opportunity to sample Hong Kong heavy metal await.

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Where a wine expert from France eats French food in Hong Kong

Romain Loriot reveals his go-to French restaurant, a recent fine-dining find and favourite places for dim sum, dumplings and hotpot.

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French bistro classics star at new Hong Kong restaurant Jean-Pierre

Chef John Troupis talks about the new member of the Black Sheep Restaurants family, which pays homage to traditional Parisian bistros.

Classic French cuisine such as steack au poivre (pepper steak) is on the menu at Jean-Pierre. Photo: Jean-Pierre
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 24-26

Go low-ABV at Mostly Harmless, sip craft beer at Flower Years’ 7th anniversary party, and enjoy drinks by Jakarta’s Carrots at The Opposites.

Ezra Star has taken a non-alcoholic approach to Mostly Harmless for the time being. Photo: Mostly Harmless/ The Foundry Asia
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Montages of a Modern Motherhood: Hedwig Tam shines in bleak drama

Hong Kong writer-director Oliver Chan, a mother herself, paints a grim picture of maternity in a patriarchal Chinese society.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for April 25-27

Indulge in a seven-course fine-dining experience, cool down with a world-famous smoothie, and relax with some beachside dining on Lamma Island this weekend.

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American cinema

Review | The Accountant 2: Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal back for illogical sequel

Ben Affleck returns as a mob-trained, autistic accountant in this convoluted sequel that, despite some good action, is disappointingly thin.

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Jon Bernthal (left) as Brax and Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff in a still from The Accountant 2 (category IIB), directed by Gavin O’Connor. Cynthia Addai-Robinson co-stars. Photo: Warrick Page/Prime
Art Basel

Transforming Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour into a floating art gallery

The city’s premier art space draws millions with its large-scale installations by artists like Kaws in a space bigger than the M+ museum.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hedwig and the Angry Inch rock musical coming to Hong Kong in Cantonese

The musical, which follows scarred genderqueer singer Hedwig on tour, has dropped the original glam rock and will be in Cantonese.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

How Hong Kong debut of Aaron Zigman’s Émigré completes an emotional journey

This version of the musical, a love story between a Jewish refugee and a Chinese woman in Shanghai, has a different ending, composer says.

Aaron Zigman has written the music for more than 60 Hollywood films. His musical drama Émigré, about Jewish refugees in Shanghai in the late 1930s, will make its Hong Kong debut on April 26 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Photo: Dario Acosta
Meditation and how to find balance

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, April 18-20

From a fun toy festival and thrilling circus escapade to a yoga session with your dog, there is plenty to look forward to this long weekend.

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Yogis are free to bring their canine friends along to Papillon Yoga Studio on Sunday afternoons for an hour-long dog yoga session. Photo: Instagram/papillon_yogastudiohk
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Smashing Frank: Hedwig Tam robs the rich and powerful in slick drama

Director Trevor Choi tries to explore Hong Kong’s generational and class divide with a film that sees the poor and young steal from the rich.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Once Upon a Lie: Irene Wan chases much younger man in unconvincing romance

Irene Wan plays a lovesick divorcee catfishing a much younger man, played by Bruce Hung, in a superficial film that lacks any chemistry.

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Food and Drinks

‘Phenomenal’ vegetarian food, ‘fantastic’ Peking duck in Hong Kong

Silver Spoon Restaurants’ Harshil Bhasin reveals his favourite Japanese and Chinese vegetarian joints and others in Hong Kong.

Tiger skin green peppers with spicy dressing at Madame Fu Grand Cafe Chinois, a restaurant at Tai Kwun in Central. 31JUL18 [FEATURES FOOD] SCMP / Xiaomei Chen
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong food guide for Easter weekend: April 18-21

Enjoy an Italian Easter celebration, embrace Hong Kong’s pistachio obsession, indulge in a classic Sunday lunch and top it all off with berry baked goods.

Driscoll’s x Elephant Grounds spring menu in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Art Basel

3 emerging Hong Kong-based artists to watch in 2025

Andy Li San-kit, Yvonne Feng and Ye Hui are 3 Hong Kong-based creatives subverting the role of the artist.

Art

Line between art and crafts is blurred in new Hong Kong exhibition

At the Centre for Heritage Arts and Textile, works by artists and craftspeople from around Asia break boundaries between art and folk crafts.

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