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Meituan’s Black Pearl restaurant guide held its first awards ceremony overseas, including a gala dinner, in Singapore. Photo: Meituan

Food & Drink

China’s Black Pearl dining guide makes its international bow

At its first awards ceremony outside China, in Singapore, chefs talked up the influence of Chinese answer to the Michelin Guide.

5 May 2025 - 4:38PM

Trump tariff on overseas films too late for Georgia as Marvel heads to UK

5 May 2025 - 3:32PMvideocam

Scuba divers talk up potential for the sport’s growth in Hong Kong

5 May 2025 - 1:01PM

Entertainment

Hong Kong 1941 shows grim realities of wartime Japanese occupation

1984 Leong Po-chih film with Chow Yun-fat as one of a trio of friends stays character driven while showing Japanese atrocities, expert says.

4 May 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

Alex Man and Cecilia Yip Tung in a still from Hong Kong 1941. Photo: Eureka Entertainment

K-drama

9 of the best new K-drama series to watch in May 2025

From Spring of Youth to Tastefully Yours to Nine Puzzles, here’s our pick of the best Korean dramas coming to screens in May.

2 May 2025 - 12:21AMvideocam

Food & Drink

Hong Kong noodle chain Tam Jai flying high with HK Express tie-up

Restaurant chain serving noodles on flights and selling beauty products while rewriting the narrative about its ‘Tam Jai jehjeh’ waitresses.

5 May 2025 - 7:15AM

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Arts

How pupils of Chinese ink painter Lui Shou-kwan went their own way

Lui Shou-kwan’s teaching influenced students from the New Ink Movement’s Wucius Wong to graphic designer and artist Kan Tai-keung.

5 May 2025 - 5:15PM

Untitled I (2002) by Irene Chou, one of several artists who studied under master ink painter Lui Shou-kwan in Hong Kong in the 1960s who developed distinctive styles of painting. Photo: courtesy of Alisan Fine Arts

Gadgets

Visa charges ahead with plans for AI to go shopping with your credit card

Visa is working on an AI that searches for goods and services and buys them for you, while checking past transactions to send you ads.

4 May 2025 - 5:15PM

Health & Wellness

How some stroke victims find their voices again through song

She could not recognise her mother, but Summer Clarke could sing her favourite songs while recovering from a stroke. She is not the only one.

5 May 2025 - 4:15AM

Health & Wellness

Do you struggle to find joy? Tips on how to do so and common ‘joy blockers’

Dr MaryCatherine McDonald, author of The Joy Reset, explains how important joy is for emotional resilience and how to gently reawaken it.

4 May 2025 - 4:15AM

A woman finds joy outside in nature. Many people “forgot” how to experience joy during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Dr MaryCatherine McDonald. She gives tips on how to reawaken the feeling within you. Photo: Shutterstock

Travel & Leisure

Korean bunker cafe near North-South border serves message of peace

At Daonsoop cafe in South Korea, patrons sip coffee with views of the North 2km away. Reunification-themed art hangs in its mandatory bunker.

4 May 2025 - 1:15PM

North Korea seen from inside the bunker at Daonsoop cafe. Photo: AFP

Entertainment

Review | ‎The Dumpling Queen: founding of a Hong Kong food brand

Andrew Lau’s rags-to-riches biopic streamlines and rather sugarcoats the story of the Wanchai Ferry brand’s Zang Jianhe, played by Ma Li.

1 May 2025 - 5:45PMvideocam

Fashion & Beauty

How fashion has always been a double-edged sword for black men in the US

The Met Gala will mark the launch of a show about black men’s fashion, something by which they define themselves but which invites prejudice.

5 May 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

Arts

From murals to indigenous art, Darwin, Australia’s culture draws

With its street art, displays of indigenous painting, and prehistoric rock paintings nearby, Darwin is a hub of cultures ancient and modern.

4 May 2025 - 7:45AM

A mural in Darwin depicts an indigenous guide who works in nearby Kakadu National Park. Photo: Kylie Knott

Entertainment

You can’t fake ballet, say Étoile cast and creators about dance drama

Amazon Prime series Étoile, which follows two ballet companies from New York and Paris, shows the athleticism and dedication of ballerinas.

3 May 2025 - 7:15PM

Luke Kirby in a still from Étoile. Photo: AP

Travel & Leisure

What to do in world’s ‘best value’ holiday spot, Portugal’s Algarve

From stunning beaches to nature and water parks, here’s how to have a great family holiday in the Algarve, plus when to go and where to stay.

29 Apr 2025 - 3:15PM

Health & Wellness

Think young people don’t have strokes? Emilia Clarke had 2 in her 20s

The Game of Thrones actress had her first stroke aged 24. We talk to experts on the causes of ‘young strokes’ and how to help avoid them.

3 May 2025 - 8:02AM

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Health & Wellness

Singaporean chef lost 15kg for his wedding. Then he lost another 15kg

LG Han of Michelin-starred restaurant Labyrinth hit 94kg in 2022. Now over 30kg lighter, he says he is happier and more mentally focused.

19 Apr 2025 - 4:15AM

(Left) Singaporean chef LG Han on Masterchef Asia in 2021, and (right) more recently after losing weight and building strength. Photo: Instagram/han_lg

K-drama

7 of the best new K-drama series to watch in April 2025

Shin Min-a and Park Hae-soo team up in limited series thriller Karma, Kim Ji-yeon stars in a horror period drama and Son Suk-ku is in heaven.

23 Apr 2025 - 7:52PMvideocam

Health & Wellness

People who use sugar substitutes to lose weight could be making things worse

Sucralose, a widely used alternative to sugar, could actually increase hunger and negatively affect weight loss, a new study says.

16 Apr 2025 - 12:45PM

Health & Wellness

Think creatine boosts muscle growth? New research suggests it does not

Bodybuilders and weightlifters, think twice before taking creatine to bulk up – a new study says it makes next to no difference.

17 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM

The results of a new study showed that creatine had no additive effect on lean body mass changes when combined with resistance training. Photo: Shutterstock

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Scientist Karla Cordero inspects experimental rice seedlings grown in Chile. A new, less water-intensive rice strain is thriving in the country’s dry climate, offering hope for sustainable agriculture at a time of increased water scarcity. Photo: AFP

Food and Drinks

Watered but not grown in water, a rice strain for a drier, hotter world

A strain of rice developed in Chile doesn’t need a flooded field to grow, just an irrigated one – a boon to farmers as water scarcity rises.

3 May 2025 - 11:15AM

Vegan diets often lack 2 essential amino acids, study finds

3 May 2025 - 6:15PM

Food, sex and politics? All three are in Apple TV+ show Carême

3 May 2025 - 1:15PMvideocam

929, New York bar that plays Chinese pop, is an ode to its owner’s roots

5 May 2025 - 10:53AM

929’s The Most Familiar Stranger cocktail, inspired by Taiwanese singer Elva Hsiao. Photo: 929

All about cardamom, how to use it in cooking, and a recipe idea

2 May 2025 - 3:15PM

Green cardamom. Photo: Getty Images

Where a Cantonese comfort food lover in Hong Kong eats old-school dishes

2 May 2025 - 11:23AM

Rice noodle rolls with eggs at Ho Ho Restaurant, one of the places Ryan Leung Chun-hay recommends for classic Hong Kong comfort food. Photo: Instagram/faiz227

9 Mother’s Day events in Hong Kong, from lavish brunch to dinner

1 May 2025 - 5:15PM

Sheraton Hong Kong’s Oyster Bar elevates brunch with its harbourfront vistas. Photo: Oyster Bar

Health & Wellness

Vegan diets often lack two essential amino acids, lysine and leucine, says a new study, but eating more nuts, seeds and soy can address this. Photo: Shutterstock

Vegan diets often lack 2 essential amino acids, study finds

Vegans may have adequate protein but often lack lysine and leucine, essential amino acids that are found in soy, nuts and grains.

3 May 2025 - 6:15PM

Adult figure skating classes all the rage at ice rinks in Japan

2 May 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

DEHP, chemical in everyday plastic items, linked to 356,000 deaths a year

2 May 2025 - 10:52AM

Seoul’s plastic surgery clinics see surge in foreign medical tourists

2 May 2025 - 7:15AM

Hong Kong Pilates studio’s long stretch of success not without effort

2 May 2025 - 8:53AM

Chinese culture

A snake lantern in Shanghai. A feng shui master assesses their prospects in the lunar year’s fourth month. Photo: Reuters

Chinese zodiac predictions

Is Year of the Snake’s fourth month lucky for you? Forecasts for all 12 signs

Feng shui master Andrew Kwan breaks down this lunar month’s prospects for health, love, finance and career for the 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

27 Apr 2025 - 2:14PM

The changing faces of New York’s 3 most prominent Chinatowns

24 Apr 2025 - 7:15AM

History of the world’s oldest Chinatown, Binondo, now a foodie paradise

17 Apr 2025 - 7:15AMvideocam

Discover the rich history and modern revival of Bangkok’s Chinatown

14 Apr 2025 - 3:05PM

Food hawker stalls serve customers during Chinese New Year in Bangkok’s Chinatown in Thailand. Photo: Getty Images

How Chinese in the US hired a cinema to see Ne Zha 2 on IMAX

8 Apr 2025 - 6:40PMvideocam

Zhao Yuanyuan (right) takes her son to a community-organised IMAX screening of Chinese blockbuster Ne Zha 2 in the US state of Maryland. Similar screenings have been organiser elsewhere in the United States. Photo: AP

The turbulent history of San Francisco’s Chinatown, North America’s oldest

8 Apr 2025 - 7:15AM

Large crowds fill Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the US state of California for the annual Mid-Autumn Festival. Photo: Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images

No hot food before Ching Ming? Diving into the forgotten Cold Food Festival

4 Apr 2025 - 7:45AM

People in Vietnam prepare sugar-filled glutinous rice balls for the little-known Cold Food Festival, once widely celebrated in Chinese and East Asian communities but now absorbed into the tomb-sweeping festival called Ching Ming. Photo: Shutterstock

Drummers during 2025 Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, in Atlanta. Photo: Instagram/sabaideeatlanta

How AAPI Heritage Month started and its evolution over 5 decades

Celebration of US minority groups has evolved into a month-long event since Jimmy Carter established it in 1978. How, and why it’s important.

4 May 2025 - 6:15PM

Liu Dan’s Chinese ink art with Western influences on show in Hong Kong

2 May 2025 - 9:02PM

Secret message discovered in violin reveals its Nazi camp origins

1 May 2025 - 11:15AM

A peek inside Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new book, Light and Thread

30 Apr 2025 - 5:15PM

Bolshoi Ballet’s China tour to visit Shenzhen and Beijing but not Hong Kong

29 Apr 2025 - 6:18PM

Penn Badgley in New York at the premiere of season five of thriller series You on Netflix. The actor reflects on the character he plays, Joe, and why there “can never be a sixth or seventh or however many seasons”. Photo: EPA

TV shows and streaming video

Why You’s Penn Badgley had to find his ‘violence and rage’ to play Joe

‘There can never be a sixth or seventh or however many seasons,’ says the actor of the way Netflix psychological thriller series You ended.

3 May 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

Balkan hotel’s turbulent century, from glamorous guests to Gestapo

3 May 2025 - 9:53PMvideocam

Food, sex and politics? All three are in Apple TV+ show Carême

3 May 2025 - 1:15PMvideocam

With Crazy Rich Asians TV series in the works, stars of film reconnect

3 May 2025 - 10:23AM

(From left) Ken Jeong, Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina and Jing Lusi attend the Crazy Rich Asians premiere in London in 2018. Golding recently met Chan and Awkwafina to talk about a small-screen adaptation. Photo: Ian West/PA Wire/Abaca Press/TNS

Netflix effect seen in Korean films’ absence from Cannes festival

3 May 2025 - 7:45AM

Tang Wei (left) and Park Hae-il in a still from Decision to Leave, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and won best director. Since then no Korean films have been screened in competition in Cannes, and none are in this year’s official selection for the festival. Photo: CJ Entertainment

Grand Theft Auto VI video game release pushed to 2026, Rockstar says

2 May 2025 - 9:23PMvideocam

Rockstar Games has delayed the launch of video game Grand Theft Auto VI. Photo: AFP

Crimson Tide at 30: why submarine-set thriller is as timely as ever

2 May 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

Denzel Washington (left) and Gene Hackman in a still from Crimson Tide. Photo: Online

Tang Wei (left) and Park Hae-il in a still from Decision to Leave, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and won best director. Since then no Korean films have been screened in competition in Cannes, and none are in this year’s official selection for the festival. Photo: CJ Entertainment

Asian cinema: Korean films

Netflix effect seen in Korean films’ absence from Cannes festival

This year’s official selection for the Cannes Film Festival has no Korean movies. Streaming platforms have lured talent away, observers say.

3 May 2025 - 7:45AM

Is IU dropping new music? New photo teases possible comeback

1 May 2025 - 9:46AM

Weak Hero Class 2’s Park Ji-hoon on finding comfort in Netflix school drama

30 Apr 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Why Korean actress ‘broke down sobbing’ during egg freezing procedure

30 Apr 2025 - 7:50AMvideocam

The Haunted Palace: Bona, Yook Sung-jae in spirited period K-drama

28 Apr 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Travel & Leisure

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How can you avoid carry-on baggage fees? Pay attention to airline rules

Avoid travel shocks by knowing the hand luggage limits for your intended airline, from Lufthansa to American Airlines to easyJet to Ryanair.

4 May 2025 - 4:15PM

Balkan hotel’s turbulent century, from glamorous guests to Gestapo

3 May 2025 - 9:53PMvideocam

Need a home delivery of gold? In Dubai, there’s an app for that

1 May 2025 - 12:15PM

7 things to see and do around historic Galle Fort in Sri Lanka

2 May 2025 - 7:43PM

Tea plantations at Handunugoda tea estate near Koggala, Sri Lanka.

Who needs a board to enjoy Portugal’s surf paradise? Hike it instead

27 Apr 2025 - 10:42AM

A hiker takes in the view from a section of the Fisherman’s Trail between Aljezur and Arrifana on southern Portugal’s Atlantic coast. Photo: Instagram/letsdothis.adventures

Inspiration for The Shining, the Stanley Hotel to get refit and expansion

25 Apr 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in a still from The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick.The hotel that inspired the film, and the Stephen King novel it is based on, is to undergo a major renovation aimed at attracting horror-movie fans. Photo: AP

How Bangkok has become a hotspot for Latin American cuisine

25 Apr 2025 - 12:15PM

Dishes at Ojo Bangkok. Chefs in Bangkok are blending Thai and Mexican ingredients to create vibrant Latin American dishes for local palates. Photo: Ojo Bangkok

Family & Relationships

Live-streamed video group chats are a new dating trend in China, where busy singles don’t have much time for romance. One of those hosting such chats is Tian Xin (above), a cyber matchmaker with more than 130,000 followers. Photo: AP

The new dating trend in China? Live-streamed video chats

In China, busy young singles are meeting in group video chats hosted by a cyber matchmaker with others watching, and some are finding love.

30 Apr 2025 - 12:45PM

Meghan’s tears, confessions about Harry in first podcast interview

29 Apr 2025 - 12:15PMvideocam

Taiwan tariff blow, Bangladesh’s new leader, sex therapy: 5 weekend reads

28 Apr 2025 - 12:28PM

A parent’s guide to Disney stage musicals, how best to prepare their child

28 Apr 2025 - 4:15AMvideocam

After 3 bouts of cancer, this woman is thriving. How does she do it?

27 Apr 2025 - 9:47PM

Socio’s Oyster Shell cocktail aims to reduce waste and tantalise your tastebuds. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Oyster Shell at Socio

The bar on Staunton Street uses oyster shells discarded by fish eatery Hooked on Caine Road to concoct an effervescent, refreshing drink.

1 May 2025 - 11:00AM

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 1-5

30 Apr 2025 - 1:39PM

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 1-4

30 Apr 2025 - 12:00PM

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 24-26

23 Apr 2025 - 6:15PM

Ezra Star has taken a non-alcoholic approach to Mostly Harmless for the time being. Photo: Mostly Harmless/ The Foundry Asia

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for April 25-27

23 Apr 2025 - 12:45PM

Black ink risotto “Lo Scoglio” at Aqua in Hong Kong, part of its Ankh tasting menu. Photo: Handout

Word on the StrEAT: 9 restaurants and bars that left their mark on Hong Kong’s dining scene

22 Apr 2025 - 2:36PM

Some of Hong Kong’s top names in F&B recall erstwhile establishments that left indelible memories – like the world-famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant. Photo: Dickson Lee

Dish in Focus: Barbecue pluma Iberico char siu at Hong Kong’s Mott 32

17 Apr 2025 - 5:00PM

Hong Kong restaurant Mott 32’s barbecue pluma Iberico char siu is a must-try. Photo: Handout