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Where Nordic Light Meets Japanese Shadow: Kaiseki Alchemy at Yamazato
There are collaborations born of convenience, and then there are those born of quiet necessity. The dinner last week at Yamazato belongs firmly to the ... -
Sun Chaser Celebration: Where Sound and Spirit Unite
The Sun Chaser celebration at W Hotel began not with a clink of glasses, but with the deep, resonant hum of a singing bowl. ... -
Le Mans 24 Hours: More than just a race
With the change of seasons, from the end of winter to spring, when the days get longer and the fields and trees are covered ... -
Expectations running high
With the cancellation of the Qatar round, which was due to be the first race on the 2026 WEC calendar, due to the crisis ... -
Shared Summer
There is a particular kind of magic that descends upon Hong Kong when summer arrives. The air hums with humidity and possibility, the harbour ... -
Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ is a wild, surrealist social satire
Boots Riley holds nothing back in his audacious, surrealist social satire “I Love Boosters.” The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and ... -
On McCartney’s ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane,’ an ex-Beatle reminisces
After all these years, it’s hard to conceive of something unprecedented happening in Beatles world. But here it is, on Paul McCartney’s new disc ... -
Water Garden
There are summer scents that simply refresh. And then there are those that transport you entirely. Diptyque, true to form, has chosen the latter ... -
A Father’s Day Feast to Remember
This Father’s Day, Nina Hospitality in Hong Kong invites families to celebrate the remarkable men in their lives with a series of flavourful dining ... -
Curated Cocktails
The Diageo World Class Competition makes its triumphant return to Hong Kong and Macau, honouring excellence and innovation in mixology while spotlighting the masters ... -
‘EI8HT’ is one of the hard rock band’s best albums yet
Shinedown’s new album is meant to surprise. The chart-topping rockers attempt something different on “EI8HT,” their aptly titled eighth studio release, out Friday. Frontman ... -
Summer’s Finest at DIVA
Summer in Macau is hot, humid, and often hurried. But step into DIVA, the signature restaurant perched on the 40th floor of W Macau ... -
‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ makes a clumsy big-screen debut
It’s been nearly seven years since there was a new “Star Wars” movie released in theaters and there are lots of ways to do ... -
Bam! Pow! Krakoom! The everlasting allure of the American comic book
Pick one up. Be seduced by its glossy cover. Gaze upon the impossibly muscular body clad in a skin-tight suit. Our hero or heroine ... -
Skyline Meets Stillness
PANPURI, the Thai niche fragrance and wellness brand, has opened a new boutique at ifc mall Hong Kong. Designed with MLKK Studio, the space ... -
Thai and Portuguese Culinary Reunion – A Critical Reckoning
Five centuries before this dinner, Portuguese navigators anchored off Ayutthaya. They brought firearms, Christian missionaries—and the chili. That single introduction rewrote Thai gastronomy forever. ... -
‘Is God Is’ unleashes unapologetic female rage
Playwright Aleshea Harris says something was missing when she first wrote “Is God Is,” her fierce revenge tale blending Greek tragedy, mythology, spaghetti westerns ... -
On ‘Dancing On The Wall,’ desire and dread meet on the dance floor
Four years since their last project, Muna — the Los Angeles-based synth pop band composed of Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin — ... -
A Bold Case for Chinese Wine with Cantonese Craft
There is a certain skepticism that follows any attempt to pair Chinese wines with refined Cantonese cuisine —a legacy of thin, candied reds and ... -
Kacey Musgraves’ album is where you’ll want to be
She’s from Texas I can tell by the way she’s two-steppin’ ‘round the “Middle of Nowhere.” Kacey Musgraves’ sixth studio album isn’t so much ... -
Wood-fire Flavours
MGM’s recent “Gastronomic Journey with Star Chefs” series, welcome back culinary master Chef Dave Pynt, chef-owner and founder of Singapore’s award-winning wood-fire grill restaurant Burnt ... -
Foo Fighters’ new album is high-energy return
Frontman Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters had a tumultuous two years. In 2024, Grohl announced he fathered a child outside his marriage. In 2025, ... -
Caffeine for Skin
The Ordinary’s is launching Caffeine and Escin to hydrate, tone and tighten tired-looking skin. According to a 2024 Mintel study, many consumers are now ... -
Grand Bombana Feast
Last week, to celebrate Italian cuisine as UNESCO heritage – in a rare convergence of culinary mastery, Chef Umberto Bombana gathers his protégés—now helming ... -
Odenkirk’s reluctant lawman brings grit – and chaos – to ‘Normal’
We’ve seen this setup before: a stranger drifts into a small, suspicious town and finds trouble waiting. Usually, the menace wears a badge. But ... -
Rebirth of The Classic Candle
Recently, Diptyque unveils a refined evolution of the Classic Candle, an icon first imagined in 1963 as an extension of the founders’ shared interest ... -
Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide’ meets the moment
Gather around. Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan is leading his audience to therapy — or a walk in the woods. Kahan’s fourth studio album, “The Great ... -
Curated Haute Cuisine
Designed for connoisseurs with bespoke tastes and refined sensibilities, Wynn introduces “The Curated Table” – a new benchmark in gastronomic excellence. This exclusive ... -
In ‘Mother Mary,’ a pop star’s costume crisis turns existential
A pop star’s need for a new dress sets in motion David Lowery’s “Mother Mary,” a fitfully spellbinding chamber drama that grows more operatic ... -
Fabulous Spring with Asian Inspirations
Galaxy Macau is known to have prestigious restaurants and has one of the most happening F&B scene in town, especially with it comes to ... -
Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are razor-sharp in art comedy film
The Christophers” looks like an art heist movie at first. A pair of wannabe heirs (James Corden and Jessica Gunning) hire a restoration specialist ... -
Ozzy tribute highlights riff-filled ‘Engines of Demolition’
Black Label Society immediately steps on the gas on “Engines of Demolition” and delivers the hard-rockin’ riffs, bluesy grooves and soulful ballads that have ... -
Highly Anticipated Seafood Collaboration
This month, Lobster Bar and Grill at Island Shangri-La welcomes Bangkok’s cult Parisian neo-bistro iODE for its first-ever international collaboration, marking the restaurant’s debut in Hong Kong. ... -
‘Two Prosecutors’ is a perfect nightmare of state corruption
Sergei Loznitsa’s “Two Prosecutors” is a nightmare of government corruption so perfectly composed that, by the time it reaches its chilling conclusion, you feel ... -
Charlie Puth shows off his bag of musical tricks
There have been some changes in Charlie Puth’s life recently. He got married. He’s a dad. And in the musical shoutout heard ‘round the ...
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