TRIP + PLATE + 365 days
There are moments in travel when you want something familiar. Not because the local food has disappointed — in Hong Kong it rarely does — but because the contrast itself is interesting, or because the specific product you want exists only in a particular store. The Marks & Spencer Food at Hollywood Road in Central … Read more
There are brands that exist primarily online and brands that reward visiting in person. On Running — the Swiss performance footwear brand that has become one of the more interesting success stories in contemporary athletic footwear — falls into the second category. I stopped at the On store in Central during an afternoon walk through … Read more
Central has two faces. The first is the one most visitors see — the financial towers, the Mid-Levels Escalator, the restaurants of Soho, the bars of Lan Kwai Fong. The second is the one that exists one block behind the main thoroughfares, in the narrow lanes that the city’s development hasn’t yet fully absorbed. Graham … Read more
There are things you think you know about Hong Kong before you visit, and Victoria Peak at night is one of them. The photographs are everywhere — the illuminated skyline spread below, the harbor reflecting the tower lights, the density of the city visible from above in a way that makes it look almost unreal. … Read more
The Hong Kong Observation Wheel (香港摩天輪) is a 60-meter Ferris wheel located on the Central Harbourfront — the reclaimed land waterfront on Hong Kong Island, adjacent to the Central Piers area and the AIA Vitality Park. It opened in 2014 and has become one of Central’s more distinctive landmarks, visible from the Tsim Sha Tsui … Read more
If Tsim Sha Tsui is where you go to look at Hong Kong, Central is where you go to be inside it. I moved from my Kowloon hotel to the AKVO Hotel in Central on the third day of my January trip, crossing on the Star Ferry, and the difference was immediate — the energy … Read more