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Quentin Luk of The Regent Hong Kong’s Qura Bar is pictured after winning the 2025 Diageo World Class Hong Kong and Macau cocktail competition. Photo: Diageo World Class

Food & Drink

Meet the bartender representing Hong Kong at global cocktail competition

Quentin Luk of the Regent Hong Kong hotel’s Qura Bar won the Diageo World Class Hong Kong and Macau 2025 to earn a spot in the global final.

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Health & Wellness

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend July 4-6

A nose-to-tail chicken meal, the latest Jurassic World movie and a cooking class on Lamma are among our picks for this weekend.

4 Jul 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

As well as cooking classes, Olive Leaf founder Ayelet Idan hosts social brunches and women’s day retreats. Photo: Olive Leaf

Health & Wellness

The TCM health benefits of mountain begonia, from detoxing to heat-clearing

A traditional Chinese medicine expert and vendors of mountain begonia drinks in Hong Kong’s Tai O village tell all about the ingredient.

4 Jul 2025 - 10:16AM

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This spice known as ‘devil’s dung’ can stop you passing so much gas

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What does F1: The Movie’s flying start mean for Apple’s film business?

The early box office success of Apple’s Brad Pitt-led drama bodes well for the iPhone maker, and may influence its approach to future films.

3 Jul 2025 - 7:15PM

Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem in a still from F1: The Movie. Photo: Dawn Apollo Films

Food & Drink

Michelin Guide reveals 6 Seoul restaurants to be added to 2026 guide

The six new restaurants to be added to the Michelin Guide Seoul and Busan 2026 include four Korean outlets, one French and one Japanese.

3 Jul 2025 - 5:15PM

Culture

Cantonese cuisine in New York, advice on ageing well: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From a researcher’s advice on how to age well to gifts to avoid in Chinese culture, here are some Lifestyle stories you may have missed.

3 Jul 2025 - 3:29PM

Entertainment

The Sandman season 2: Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy returns

For fans it is a bittersweet return for The Sandman, with the series cancelled following sexual assault accusations levelled at Gaiman.

3 Jul 2025 - 3:00PMvideocam

Tom Sturridge as Dream in a still from The Sandman season 2. Photo: Netflix

Food & Drink

What to eat and drink on Kam Ping Street, a Hong Kong dining sweet spot

There’s a lot to taste in this North Point nook, from Japanese kakigori to cafes with big cake menus and restaurants serving European food.

3 Jul 2025 - 2:24PM

Honey tofu kakigori at Iceyaki. Photo: Kylie Knott

Health & Wellness

From 0 to 300km in 1 year. How this non-runner conquered ultra-marathons

Hongkonger Vriko Kwok’s journey to ultra athlete is among stories in a new book that shows how female-specific training can help them excel.

3 Jul 2025 - 7:15AM

K-drama

Review | Our Unwritten Seoul: affecting end for K-drama starring Park Bo-young

Rather than a story about living as someone else, Our Unwritten Seoul was ultimately about understanding others and embracing what you have.

2 Jul 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

K-movies

12 best movies of Squid Game’s Front Man, Lee Byung-hun, ranked

Concrete Utopia, Bittersweet Life, Joint Security Area and more – South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun has lit up the big screen for decades.

2 Jul 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Lee Byung-hun in a still from A Bittersweet Life (2005). Photo: CJ Entertainment

Arts

‘They objectify you,’ say these belly dancers battling years of stigma

A group of belly dancers in Egypt are striving to restore the dance’s prestige and heritage as they battle objectification and stigma.

2 Jul 2025 - 4:15PM

Sultan (centre), Saeed (left) and Emam (right) are full-time instructors at the Taqseem Institute. Photo: AFP

Food & Drink

Where Hong Kong ultrarunner Wong Ho-chung loves eating, when not training

Wong likes going to restaurants in his neighbourhood, Tseun Wan, where he enjoys Taiwanese hotpot, Thai food, egg waffles, sushi and more.

2 Jul 2025 - 4:15PM

Bands

K-pop stars BTS announce new album and world tour to come in 2026

BTS are set to return with an album that will ‘reflect each member’s thoughts and ideas’ and a world tour, their first in nearly four years.

2 Jul 2025 - 10:35AM

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Health & Wellness

He’s how old? Singaporean former actor in his 60s shares tips for looking young

Edmund Chen explains how he keeps fit, healthy, and looking and feeling young through self-awareness and self-discipline.

25 Jun 2025 - 7:29AMvideocam

Singaporean actor turned illustrator Edmund Chen trains on most days, doing resistance, strength and agility training, maintaining the abs he developed during his acting days. But now in his 60s, he is more relaxed about the length and level of his workouts. Photo: Edmund Chen Zhi-cai

Entertainment

Bollywood dance video filmed at Oxford University goes viral on Instagram

Hong Kong-born Oxford alumnus Druv Punjabi says he and his friends ‘really wanted to show off Oxford and the surrounding cityscape’.

23 Jun 2025 - 5:49PM

Chinese culture

Is Year of the Snake’s sixth month lucky for you? Forecasts for all signs

Feng shui master Andrew Kwan breaks down this lunar month’s prospects for love, career, health and finance for the 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

25 Jun 2025 - 6:01PM

Health & Wellness

He’s spent half his life researching how to age well. Here’s his advice

Nominated for a global nursing prize for his research on ageing well, Hong Kong-based gerontologist Jed Montayre shares his expert advice.

28 Jun 2025 - 12:15PM

Hong Kong-based ageing expert Jed Ray Gengoba Montayre in Lai Chi Kok Park. Photo: Jonathan Wong

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Acclaimed Thai actress Patravadi ‘Lek’ Mejudhon is making waves in series three of the hit HBO show, but she is just as well known for her work promoting arts among Thailand – and Myanmar – youth.

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Nobuyuki Matsuhisa in a still from Nobu. The new documentary traces the Japanese celebrity chef’s journey and setbacks. Photo: Vertical Entertainment via AP

TV shows and streaming video

New film on Nobu chef shares his journey, pain and message for young people

Japanese chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa and director Matt Tyrnauer talk about the new documentary featuring delicious food and tearful interviews.

1 Jul 2025 - 12:15PMvideocam

Powdered Japanese tea farms proving no matcha for global drink craze

29 Jun 2025 - 3:17PM

How ‘superfood’ prickly pear cactus is spiking in popularity in Japan

28 Jun 2025 - 3:15PM

Is Meghan Markle’s jam a scam? Report casts doubt on ‘authentic’ claims

27 Jun 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

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All about curry leaves, how to use them in cooking and 2 recipe ideas

27 Jun 2025 - 3:15PM

Curry leaf is a slightly bitter spice used in kitchens from India to Vietnam. Photo: Shutterstock

11 new Hong Kong restaurants and bars to try in July 2025, including hotpot

27 Jun 2025 - 12:15PM

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27 Jun 2025 - 11:22AMvideocam

Mapo burrata lasagna from Yaya’s Pasta. The Shanghai-based restaurant will partner with Salisterra’s culinary adviser Ricardo Chaneton for a four-course menu showcasing a unique crossover of Chinese and Mediterranean flavours in Hong Kong this weekend. Photo: Yaya’s Pasta

Health & Wellness

Korean-American strength and mobility coach Han-mi Walsh-Riddle exercises at the gym at Soho House in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse

She survived breast cancer, PTSD, then divorce. Now she’s a fitness coach

Korean-American single mother Han-mi Walsh-Riddle took control of her life after beating cancer, and now she helps others do the same.

2 Jul 2025 - 7:15AM

Are you developing Parkinson’s disease? Earwax may show if you are at risk

1 Jul 2025 - 7:45PM

How to look after your health when you fly and avoid serious complications

1 Jul 2025 - 5:15PM

What is creatine? Experts on its health benefits for both body and brain

30 Jun 2025 - 7:45PM

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29 Jun 2025 - 8:15AM

Chinese culture

Clocks are considered a gift faux pas n Chinese culture. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese culture

What gifts must you avoid giving in Chinese culture? Clocks, shoes and more

Some common presents in the West are considered bad luck in Chinese culture. Avoid giving these items to friends and loved ones.

30 Jun 2025 - 1:51PM

How Vancouver’s Chinatown, plagued by poverty, fights for survival

19 Jun 2025 - 7:15AM

How Singapore Chinatown became a tourist hub with one foot in tradition

16 Jun 2025 - 11:15AM

How does this influencer speak Hakka Chinese? She even teaches it to others

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Toronto-based content creator Jephina Lueche has a Chinese-Jamaican mother who has never been to China. Lueche now makes videos teaching Hakka on Instagram. Photo: Jephina Lueche

Is Year of the Snake’s fifth month lucky for you? Forecasts for all signs

29 May 2025 - 7:00PM

How’s your luck in June? Feng shui master Andrew Kwan gives his predictions for all 12 Chinese zodiac animal signs. Photo: Shutterstock

How mahjong helped a Chinese-American connect more deeply to her roots

24 May 2025 - 12:42PMvideocam

A photo from Nicole Wong’s book, Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora. The photographs in the book feature personal props, as well as hands from multiple generations of Wong’s family. Photo: Andria Lo

How Sydney’s Chinatown has evolved with the times, good and bad

23 May 2025 - 11:11AM

The gateway to Chinatown, in Sydney. Chinatown is a reflection of the struggles of the Asian community in Australia since the early 1800s. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong-based Syrian artist Serene Debs at the Gowld art studio in Quarry Bay. Debs founded the cultural “embassy” Make Du Si to promote arts from the Levant region in the Middle East. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Syrian in Hong Kong founds ‘embassy’ to show her region’s arts and culture

Serene Debs’ cultural ‘embassy’ Make Du Si holds events representing the culture of Levant countries Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine.

1 Jul 2025 - 4:15PM

Striking Hong Kong neon show honours ‘heroes’ and one family’s legacy

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Review | Brazilian percussionist Ney Rosauro stuns music fans in Hong Kong concert

28 Jun 2025 - 11:07AM

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 27-29

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US$30 million Stradivarius viola may be the most expensive instrument ever

26 Jun 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

Park Bo-gum as former boxer Yoon Dong-ju in a still from K-drama Good Boy.

Korean drama reviews

Good Boy midseason recap: Park Bo-gum dominates action-crime K-drama

Park Bo-gum’s ex-boxer is still punching his way through this K-drama about athletes-turned-cops, but it feels too much of a one-man show.

1 Jul 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

New film on Nobu chef shares his journey, pain and message for young people

1 Jul 2025 - 12:15PMvideocam

Jurassic World Rebirth composer on following in John Williams’ footsteps

1 Jul 2025 - 4:34AMvideocam

Review | Jurassic World Rebirth: Scarlett Johansson in thrilling franchise addition

1 Jul 2025 - 1:20AMvideocam

Scarlett Johansson in a still from Jurassic World Rebirth. Photo: Universal Pictures

Review | Oh My Ghost Clients: middling supernatural K-drama with Jung Kyung-ho

30 Jun 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Jung Kyung-ho as labour rights lawyer to the dead Roh Moo-jin in a still from Oh My Ghost Clients.

10 best K-dramas of 2025 so far ranked: Squid Game 3, Nine Puzzles and more

30 Jun 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

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Gaming-related health problems are real. 6 tips to help prevent them

29 Jun 2025 - 7:15PM

Excessive video game time can be associated with a lack of sleep and poor nutrition. Photo: TNS

Park Bo-gum as former boxer Yoon Dong-ju in a still from K-drama Good Boy.

Korean drama reviews

Good Boy midseason recap: Park Bo-gum dominates action-crime K-drama

Park Bo-gum’s ex-boxer is still punching his way through this K-drama about athletes-turned-cops, but it feels too much of a one-man show.

1 Jul 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Review | Oh My Ghost Clients: middling supernatural K-drama with Jung Kyung-ho

30 Jun 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

10 best K-dramas of 2025 so far ranked: Squid Game 3, Nine Puzzles and more

30 Jun 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

8 of the best new K-drama series to watch in July 2025

29 Jun 2025 - 12:15PMvideocam

Squid Game season 3: thrilling end probes humans’ darkest depths

27 Jun 2025 - 4:20PMvideocam

Travel & Leisure

Meteoroids can fly in space for millions of years. When one enters the Earth’s atmosphere, it becomes known as a meteor. When it lands on Earth, it becomes known as a meteorite. Photo: Shutterstock

Meet the meteorite hunters chasing space rocks that can fetch US$400 a gram

Meteorite hunters flocked to Georgia last week after a meteor disintegrated over the US state, but not everyone is in it for the money.

2 Jul 2025 - 5:17AMvideocam

How to look after your health when you fly and avoid serious complications

1 Jul 2025 - 5:15PM

Why is urban hiking in Korea getting so popular among tourists?

1 Jul 2025 - 7:15AM

Deep below London, secret tunnels to become a spy museum, memorial and bar

26 Jun 2025 - 5:15PM

A general view of one of the tunnels during a press tour London, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

How hot is too hot for exercise? Plus how to do it safely in summer

25 Jun 2025 - 5:45PM

Your brain tries to keep your body within a degree or two of 37 degrees Celsius, and does so by triggering sweat. When sweat dries, it carries away heat from your body’s surface.
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Hong Kong sisters’ luxury Indonesian resort is a cathedral to calmness

25 Jun 2025 - 12:15PM

The infinity pool at Somewhere Lombok, a boutique hotel in Lombok, Indonesia. Photo: Wahyu Pratama

Host to Coldplay and Pavarotti, Athens’ Herodeon to close for renovation

24 Jun 2025 - 5:15PM

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, Greece, which opened in AD161, will be closed for at least three years for maintenance from the end of summer 2025. Photo: Shutterstock

Family & Relationships

Excessive video game time can be associated with a lack of sleep and poor nutrition. Photo: TNS

Gaming-related health problems are real. 6 tips to help prevent them

Lack of sleep, poor nutrition and even deep vein thrombosis are all associated with prolonged gaming. Stay healthy with this expert advice.

29 Jun 2025 - 7:15PM

How a Cantonese-American chef in New York uses MSG to celebrate his culture

27 Jun 2025 - 7:15AM

Is your dog getting too hot? How to prevent heatstroke in pets in summer

26 Jun 2025 - 12:15PM

Hong Kong sisters’ luxury Indonesian resort is a cathedral to calmness

25 Jun 2025 - 12:15PM

Can Tinder’s new Double Date feature bring back Gen Z users?

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The Clarified Bloody Mary at Ella in Hong Kong is proving to be a crowd favourite. Photo: Handout

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Clarified Bloody Mary at Ella

How Singular Concepts’ beverage manager Maikal Gurung curates the Clarified Bloody Mary at Ella, perched atop Hong Kong’s H Code as part of The Trilogy hub, known for its live music evenings.

3 Jul 2025 - 2:55PM

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 4-6

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 4-6

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How Hong Kong is embracing halal dining to woo Muslim tourists

30 Jun 2025 - 12:45PM

Promoting Hong Kong’s halal restaurants is part of the government’s drive to attract Muslim tourists. Photo: Dickson Lee

How Mostly Harmless is reinventing cocktail culture with its non-alcoholic drinks

28 Jun 2025 - 12:45PM

Ezra Star, who takes a more “culinary” approach to creating drinks at Mostly Harmless in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 27-29

25 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 27-29

25 Jun 2025 - 12:00PM

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