TRIP + PLATE + 365 days
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
Buying souvenirs in Hong Kong is easier than in most cities — the range is enormous, the prices are competitive, and the city has several items that are genuinely specific to Hong Kong rather than the generic tourist merchandise available everywhere. I bought my main souvenirs on the final morning of my January trip, stopping … Read more
Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣) is where Hong Kong goes to shop. Not the tourist shopping of Tsim Sha Tsui’s Nathan Road or the luxury retail of Central — something more democratic and more local than either. The neighborhood on Hong Kong Island’s northern shore, a short MTR ride east of Central, has the highest retail density … Read more
Mong Kok doesn’t ease you in. From the moment you come up from the MTR and hit the street level, the neighborhood announces itself — the density of people, the noise of competing music from adjacent shops, the smell of street food mixing with the exhaust of buses on Nathan Road, the vertical stacking of … Read more