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What to do in Hong Kong
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
From Amber and Aqua, to The Upper House’s Salisterra and Morton’s The Steakhouse, check out our list of the seven best New Year’s Eve dinners in Hong Kong for 2024. Photo: Handout

The 7 best New Year’s Eve dinners in Hong Kong for 2024

DarkSide’s Festive Manhattan, part of its special Christmas cocktail menu, is made with panettone-infused cognac. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Drink in Focus: Festive Manhattan at DarkSide

Hong Kong’s professional chefs may be among the best in the world, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t experienced their share of disasters. Photo: Ilus AI

Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s top chefs’ worst kitchen nightmares

Delicate scallops drizzled with yuzu ponzu and shiso for a refreshing burst of flavours will be served at a two-night only omakase at Liberty Exchange. Photo: Iron Chef Hong Kong x Liberty Exchange

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 20-22

Yurakucho’s Merry Mischief Midori as part of Singular Concept’s The Grinch Who Stole Cocktails event. Photo: Handout

Your 100 Top Tables Hong Kong weekend drinks guide, for December 19-21

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Fireflies (Lucciole), a video piece featured at the exhibition. Photo: Pauline Curnier Jardin & Feel Good Cooperative
Art

Hong Kong art show homage to Wong Kar-wai asks: can we be happy together?

In How to Be Happy Together, artists consider the human connections economic migrants make and the sense of homelessness engendered by exile.

Wellness

Year of the Snake retreat in Hong Kong to feature snake-themed exercises

Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Hidden Face, a Korean erotic thriller, serves up scandalous fun

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Food and Drinks

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, December 23-28

Indulge in Michelin-starred Christmas fare at Petrus, drink classic cocktails at Darkside, enjoy the harbourside AIA Carnival, and check out MGM Macau’s new show.

Darkside’s new cocktail menu features classic recipes from the 1920s and 1930s. Photo: DarkSide
Art

Chinese-American artist Walasse Ting’s vibrant, flamboyant paintings

A new Hong Kong exhibition shows how Ting’s artistic tendencies evolved and how he married both Chinese and Western influences in his works.

Food and Drinks

8 Hong Kong New Year’s Eve dinners, a January 1 brunch to ring in 2025

Whether you want to party at the Mondrian, sail in style on the Aqua Luna, or nurse your hangover at Nicholini’s, we have the place for you.

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Art

Artistic attractions with designs on tourism make districts worth a look

Often overlooked by tourists, Tsuen Wan and Sha Tau Kok might just rise up the bucket-list rankings thanks to outdoor artworks by En Iwamura and Vivian Ho.

An artist’s impression of an inflatable fountain that resembles a school of koi in Tsuen Wan Park in Hong Kong. Image: Design District Hong Kong
Hong Kong cinema

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 20-22

A dance workout to get in shape for the holidays, a charity roast goose feast and a celebration of a Japanese pop duo are among our picks.

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Food and Drinks

Where an Iranian chef in Hong Kong goes to eat steak, kebab and halal food

Ali Ahmadpour, chef at Bedu, on his go-to places to eat in Hong Kong, from a North American diner to dim sum and roast goose restaurants.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Fringe Club revives Fringe Festival after 27-year gap

Mindfulness workshops, jazz and classical music concerts, dance and drama events to feature in 24-day Fringe Festival 2025.

Violinist Anders Hui performs at a news conference to announce the Fringe Festival 2025. Photo; Jonathan Wong
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | The Prosecutor: Donnie Yen literally fights for justice in court drama

The Prosecutor offers great action from Donnie Yen but with its simplistic representation of justice, don’t expect a hard-hitting drama.

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Donnie Yen in a still from The Prosecutor.
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 20-22

Take a break from festive feasting with a hairy crab omakase, indulge in harbour-side afternoon tea, and round off the weekend with a traditional Sunday roast.

Food and Drinks

Your 100 Top Tables Hong Kong weekend drinks guide, for December 19-21

Enjoy a feast at Honky Tonks Tavern, indulge in Dr Seuss cocktails at Singular Concepts’ venues, and wrap up the holiday with some final drinks at DarkSide.

Art

Enter this Hong Kong ‘cave’ to discover more about prehistoric cultures

Items about ancient and prehistoric civilisations on show at Juen Juen Gung include ceremonial demon masks and precious carvings.

The Cave of Forgotten Dreams exhibition, at Max Trade Center in San Po Kong. 16DEC24 SCMP / Jonathan Wong
Wellness

The Hong Kong yoga and farming couple making wellness less ‘culty’

She teaches yoga, he preaches permaculture. They’re holding an all-day event to pass on their skills that ends with a chat around a campfire.

Menaka Jayakody and Alexander Nielsen of wellness company Dharma Bums. Photo: Kylie Knott
Food and Drinks

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, December 15-21

From pineapple-bun burgers at Bolo Bolo and Korean BBQ at Culinary Class Wars’ Saemaeul Sikdang, to French food at Marmo Bistro and Hokkaido dessert brand Snowsand’s first Hong Kong pop-up.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Last Song for You: Natalie Hsu melts hearts in poignant fantasy romance

Natalie Hsu, helped by Ekin Cheng and Mirror’s Ian Chan, shines in this Hong Kong healing drama about memories, regret and lost love.

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Art

Contemporary art’s biggest selfie takers face off at Hong Kong’s M+

The American and Japanese artists known for masquerading as women from movies to critique society have their works up for comparison at M+.

“Doublonnage (Marcel)“ (1988) by Yasumasa Morimura. Photo: Collection of Takamatsu Art Museum
Food and Drinks

Hong Kong’s obsession with ice cream is anything but chill

A wave of new gelato and ice cream shop openings – in winter, no less – brings flavours from around the world.

Old Hong Kong

How Hong Kong’s Portuguese shaped society in the city

This Museum of History exhibition focuses on the Portuguese contribution to Hong Kong, from sports to education.

Photography

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, Dec 13-15

Try truffle bread and a gong bath, see some selfie art, watch an award-winning, if tragic, film and more in Hong Kong this weekend.

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“Dim Sum Squad” members Har Gow, Siu Mai, and Char Siu Bao are part of The Peak’s “It’s Different Up Here” campaign that celebrates all things Hong Kong. It is one of our pick of events in the city to check out between December 13 and 15. Photo: The Peak
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 12-14

This weekend, enjoy cheeky concoctions on Peel Street, swing by a Japanese guest shift in mid-century Hong Kong surrounds, and enjoy Thai flavours at a one-night only takeover in Central.

Mahaniyom’s “Watermelon” cocktail. The Bangkok bar plans to bring four signatures to The Opposites in Hong Kong on Saturday, December 14. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, December 8-14

A wine bar and restaurant inspired by Melbourne vibes, harbour views atop the Star Ferry pier, steak in Wan Chai, and an old gallery’s new home.

Food and Drinks

Yorkshire pudding, ‘exquisite’ dishes? Londoner finds it all in Hong Kong

Jeweller Chantel Shafie, who has been in Hong Kong over 20 years, shares where she eats classic British fare, traditional dim sum and more.

Explore Hong Kong

What and who to see on ‘special’ Kat O island in Hong Kong

Also known as Crooked Island, Kat O was a thriving fishing and farming community in the past. Now residents love its relaxed atmosphere.

Crooked Island (Kat O) in Hong Kong’s northeast New Territories. Photo: Warton Li
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Haunting Call: Lin Min-chen sees ghosts in subpar Danny Pang horror

A live streamer steals a mobile phone that serves as an instrument of revenge for a ghost she befriends. Intriguing, but don’t expect scares.

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Lin Min-chen in a still from Haunting Call.
Art

Q&A | How Hong Kong artist Nicole Wong’s ideas crystallise into sculptures

Wong talks crystals, the limitations of space and embracing nothingness; her solo exhibition ‘Once it Sets’ is on show at Rossi & Rossi.

Asian cinema: Chinese films

Review | Daughter’s Daughter: Sylvia Chang anchors intricate women’s drama

Hou Hsiao-hsien acolyte Huang Xi’s second feature is an absorbing, skilfully crafted family drama anchored by Chang’s nuanced performance.

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