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Sophia Wu

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Doris Lam

Driven by good stories. In love with piecing words together. Doris Lam is a lifestyle writer based in Hong Kong

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Karen Chiang writes.

Lifestyle and travel writer. Social media strategist. Well-being explorer. Always hungry.

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Carla Thomas

Hello, and welcome! I'm Carla Thomas, a Hong Kong-based freelance writer, editor, copywriter and SEO consultant. Thank you for taking the time to visit my portfolio, please peruse at your …

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Latest Articles

Best brunches in Hong Kong to indulge in right now

Offering fresh seafood like chilled Boston lobsters, freshly shucked oysters, and sashimi, Popinjays brings you a wide array of dishes to choose from at their Mystique Weekend Brunch. Made-to-order stations serve juicy carvery classics like roasted beef, salmon coulibiac, and lamb legs, while the cheese bar has a melting wheel …
By Cherry Chan
• Time Out Hong Kong

Best brunches in Hong Kong to indulge in right now

Offering fresh seafood like chilled Boston lobsters, freshly shucked oysters, and sashimi, Popinjays brings you a wide array of dishes to choose from at their Mystique Weekend Brunch. Made-to-order stations serve juicy carvery classics like roasted beef, salmon coulibiac, and lamb legs, while the cheese bar has a melting wheel …
By Cherry Chan
• Time Out Hong Kong

Best rice dumplings for Dragon Boat Festival 2022

This Dragon Boat Festival, Island Shangri-La, Kowloon Shangri-La, and Kerry Hotel are each offering their series of glutinous rice dumplings. Among their highlights, Island Shangri-La’s Summer Palace offers a premium sticky rice dumpling gift set ($928) with quality ingredients like fish maw and 88 month aged Joselito Iberico ham to …
By Cherry Chan
• Time Out Hong Kong

Ikea is releasing rice dumplings for Dragon Boat Festival

Known for their furniture, meatballs, and.... rice dumplings? Yes, you read that right. Ikea is debuting a collection of three rice dumplings in time for the Dragon Boat Festival! While including classic rice dumpling ingredients like Chinese ham, dried mushrooms and salted egg yolk, Ikea’s novelty twist sees truffles and …
By Cherry Chan
• Time Out Hong Kong

Ikea is releasing rice dumplings for Dragon Boat Festival

Known for their furniture, meatballs, and.... rice dumplings? Yes, you read that right. Ikea is debuting a collection of three rice dumplings in time for the Dragon Boat Festival! While including classic rice dumpling ingredients like Chinese ham, dried mushrooms and salted egg yolk, Ikea’s novelty twist sees truffles and …
By Cherry Chan
• Time Out Hong Kong

How Hong Kong communities are coming together to save Junels Restobar

Situated down a small, nondescript alley in Sai Ying Pun, Junels has long been a fixture among Filipinos and expats, offering cheap drinks, Pinoy food and a beast of a sound system for belting out Tagalog power ballads. But this hidden gem of Hong Kong's nighttime scene is facing closure, …
By Carla Thomas
• Time Out Hong Kong

Over half-a-century-old Lok Heung Yuen Coffee Shop to close on Monday

After almost losing Lin Heung Tea House last month (we’re mostly relieved, but we did roll our eyes a little at the false alarm), we have news that another beloved restaurant is on the chopping block. Boasting more than 60 years of history, Lok Heung Yuen Coffee Shop is set …
By Elaine Lok
• Time Out Hong Kong

2020 vision: upcoming trends in the new decade

After changing the world as we know it with its groundbreaking streaming service, Netflix’s days as king of binge-worthy content may now be numbered. While the streaming giant’s reign has already been under attack by content options on other platforms, Disney’s new streaming service, Disney Plus, could emerge in Hong …
By Chrysilla Villanueva
• Time Out Hong Kong

Best Hong Kong underground music you should be listening to

Music can serve as an escape from reality, but sometimes it may hard to find quality music to listen to, especially when you are trying to find something that is original and local. Hong Kong may have an image as a commercial hub that's more stiff than bohemian, but within …
By Chrysilla Villanueva
• Time Out Hong Kong

How safe and secure are Hong Kong taxis?

Barrister-at-law Allan Chiang thinks drivers that have done so have potentially breached Hong Kong privacy laws. Though according to Chiang, taxi cabins are defined in the court of law as a ‘semi-private space’. “Our current laws are not specific enough,” says Chiang, “[and] authorities have not proactively said what should …
By Elaine Lok
• Time Out Hong Kong