Category Archives: 香港

Sunset behind the clouds, high over Hong Kong.

Yet another little surprise.  I’ve always heard about the Hong Kong airport’s lounge — complete with a stylish noodle bar — which leaves other airports’ lounges paling in comparison, but I’ve never had long enough between flights to enjoy it myself.  I … Continue reading →

 May the Force be with you.  Always.

  Eli, Xiaohan, and I flew to Hong Kong for the weekend to see a certain movie which doesn’t open on mainland China until January. This time, stayed at the W on the Kowloon side (here overlooking the harbor and the … Continue reading →

Inside there was a tiny chocolate Krampus.

Waiting at the gate for my Christmas Eve flight back to Shanghai. Since being here in China, the ubiquity of decorations and Christmas music has been one of the biggest surprises. But it’s Christmas divorced from its religious roots or … Continue reading →

So, I saw The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies with Traditional Chinese subtitles. The translation of some of the dwarves’ names would have horrified Tolkien. Balin became Ba Lin (巴林) and Thorin became Suo Lin (索林). “Lin” means forest. … Continue reading →

Which American movie will the good people of Hong Kong connect with better? They both have exclamation points on their posters, so I guess it’s a toss-up.

Just ate at an awesome dim sum place called Dim Dim Sum Dim Sum. You know, for clarity. It came highly recommended by both my coworker (whom I trust) and by Newsweek‘s “101 Best Places to Eat in the World” … Continue reading →

A Tlingit “Blackfish” pole gifted from Canada to Hong Kong in 1991. As we all learned from the documentary Blackfish, this was the First People’s term for killer whale.