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Russian Bread Wine Is the Original Vodka

It’s not often that there’s a new booze to report. Especially a new booze that is so old. Polugar—also known as bread...

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Directionless: On the Road with Pop Music’s Most Fervent Fans

I t’s just gone 10 in the morning and already they’ve called security on me. “There’s a man here trying to...

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Mong Kok Nights

Line your stomach Regardless of the day of the week, Mong Kok nights go late, so start slowly. Thankfully, the recently...

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All Night Long in Tsim Sha Tsui

Go East In Tsim Sha Tsui, where many bars open until 7am, it's best to start off slowly. Take a stroll...

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Hong Kong’s craft beer movement takes a big step forward

Just two years ago if you asked your neighbourhood publican for a Hong Kong brew, they most likely would have shrugged...

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Roast goose: top five restaurants

Yue Kee Roasted Goose Restaurant 9 Sham Hong Road, Sham Tseng, tel: 2491 0105 yuekee.com.hk (HK$250 half; HK$500 whole) Founded in...

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Asian designers shine at fashion trade show

For two days last week Lai Chi Kok was the unlikely location for the hip and happening in fashion. Designers, buyers,...

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Weird and wacky: the hidden wonders of Tokyo nightlife

FOR SHEER VOLUME AND surreal other-worldliness that will leave you blinking, nowhere compares to Tokyo. Where else can you start the...

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There’s a lot more to our neighbour Shenzhen than cheap suits and massages

Rarely has a city laboured under a reputation as undeserved as Shenzhen. When I mentioned to friends I was heading across...

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