Faerie Tales

Since the 1960s, Wah Ngai Canvas (華藝帆布, established in 1954) and its founder Lee Wah 李華 are known as the maker of the iconic red, white and...

I didn't want to bring the Macbook on this trip. I wanted to just take the Kindle along, but it's highly impractical. The iPad would...

《大批判: 香奈兒》2001年、王廣義 'Great Criticism: Chanel' 2001, Wang Guangyi (born 1957 in Heilongjiang, works in Beijing) 油彩布本 / Oil on canvas ...

This is a girls' trip. Yet I'm reluctant to fully term it as such because of the stereotypical assumptions of what girls do when we ...

My favorite bar of the trip is Bar Buonasera at Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. I like quiet whisky bars. I can't quite deal with jazz bars a...

I didn't bother to hunt down the centrally located Koffee Mameya at K11 or Blue Bottle Coffee at Central/Wan Chai. My coffeeshop of this...

Hong Kong has entered summer and it's searing. It's less humid than Singapore, but the 30°C heat is mad. I'm outdoors in the hea...

I don't particularly care that I eat at whichever famous cha chaan teng (茶餐廳). To me, most of them are pretty decent. However, I refuse...

Made sure that I spent a few hours at M+ . The visual arts museum was supposed to be opened in 2017, but that never came to fruition. It fin...

Went for a dim sum lunch at Above and Beyond (天外天) . We had a lovely view of Central from our table by the window. The light was kind and go...

M was ridiculously thoughtful. She bought bags from Psalm 136 for us. She knew our likes and preferences and picked the apt fabric design f...

We went to Locomo / 火車頭米線 for lunch. M loves their noodles, and would try to eat it whenever she is in Cheung Chau. She first started going...

I wandered to the town square to check out the prep for the Cheung Chau Bao Festival (包山節) . This is known as the Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festiva...

We intentionally didn't plan to have fancy meals or designated meals at whichever 'best of' eateries. We aren't bothered to ...

I have totally forgotten how it felt traipsing through airports. To think that I used to spend so much time in them, pre Choya. The pandemic...

I had to read Louisa Lim's 'Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong' (April 2022) . But I couldn't read thi...

There's no part of the city that's alien to me. Its tiny streets and lanes feel most familiar. Its colorful wall murals are huge...

We didn't have any particular bars to check out. There isn't a need to. We simply hung out at wherever convenient, with the cave...

Gave in to one meal of braised goose (滷鵝). We visited friends at their home in Sai Wan for snacks and drinks. Then we decided to pop dow...

I eagerly looked forward to hopping into H-Kore for its Megaformers (by Lagree Fitness ) . I hadn’t done this for a year ! It would j...