A limited-time cookware fair featuring premium brands like Tefal and Zwilling J.A. Henckels is offering steep discounts on kitchen essentials, with prices starting at just $46.8 Hong Kong home cooks and kitchen enthusiasts have a compelling reason to visit Wing On Department Store this month. The retail chain has launched its “Premium Knife and…
Hong Kong’s iconic tea house chain Lin Heung Lau is bringing its nostalgic dim sum carts and handcrafted Cantonese classics to the city’s international airport, marking a bold expansion that blends heritage with high-traffic dining. The century-old brand, which reopened its Central flagship in 2024 after a brief closure and launched a Mong Kok…
The beloved institution known for its pushcart dim sum will begin 24-hour operations inside Terminal 1, taking over a former Chinese restaurant space. Hong Kong’s storied Lin Heung Lau (蓮香樓), a teahouse with over a century of history, is expanding its footprint once again. Following the opening of its Mong Kok branch in January,…
Hong Kong’s durian season has arrived, bringing with it over 28 varieties from across Southeast Asia. But how do you pick a winner every time? For countless “durian lovers” across the city, the arrival of peak season marks a glorious time of year. From Malaysia’s prized cultivars to Thailand’s beloved exports, the selection can…
A new collaboration between a seven-time Michelin-recognised Thai chef and The Salisbury – YMCA of Hong Kong’s Café de los Santos is shaking up the city’s buffet scene, offering diners an extraordinary value proposition that begins with a flash sale starting July 23. The “Thai Chill Dinner Buffet” launch sees Executive Chef Wong Chi-ming…
As Hong Kong swelters through another scorching summer, many residents reach for chilled fruit as a refreshing escape from the heat. But a new ranking from Taiwanese dietitian Cheng Han-yu has shattered common assumptions about which fruits are truly waistline-friendly—revealing that some popular summer favorites pack more calories than a bowl of rice. The…
In Hong Kong’s humid and sweltering climate, most households instinctively stuff everything into the refrigerator, believing cold temperatures guarantee preservation. But this common practice could be backfiring dramatically. Taiwan-based nutritional medicine specialist Dr. Po-Jen Liu recently warned on his social media that humidity and temperature fluctuations inside refrigerators are actually the primary culprits behind…
An 80-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation suffered a stroke despite consistent use of blood thinners, only for doctors in Taipei to discover a massive 4-centimeter thrombus in her heart that required emergency open-heart surgery. The case unfolded at Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital when Ms. Li, a long-term atrial fibrillation patient on anticoagulant therapy, was…
A massive intestinal parasite outbreak has swept across the United States, infecting nearly 7,000 people across 34 states since early May, with at least 141 hospitalizations reported, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue urgent warnings about contaminated shredded lettuce used by a major fast-food chain. The Crisis: Unprecedented Spread…
The Secret Language of PLU Codes Reveals Farming Methods, Size, and Quality Hong Kong – Shoppers browsing the aisles of连锁超市 or inspecting crates at local fruit wholesalers have likely noticed the small, numbered stickers affixed to apples, oranges, and kiwis. Often dismissed as inventory tools, these adhesive labels carry a hidden code that reveals…