Ferran Adria dinner sells for $28K at HK auction

A rare chance to dine with world-famous Spanish restaurateur Ferran Adria sold at auction Wednesday for 220,500 Hong Kong dollars ($28,270).

A rare chance to dine with world-famous Spanish restaurateur Ferran Adria sold at auction Wednesday for 220,500 Hong Kong dollars ($28,270).

A mainland Chinese mother who asked her son to relieve himself in a bottle in a crowded Hong Kong restaurant has sparked an outpouring of online anger in the latest bitter exchange over etiquette.

As Hong Kong prepares to usher in the Year of the Snake, an increasing number of the reptiles are slithering their way into local households, with sales of the uncuddly pet rocketing.

For many of the richest people in Hong Kong, one of Asia’s wealthiest cities, home is a mansion with an expansive view from the heights of Victoria Peak. For some of the poorest, like Leung Cho-yin, home is a metal cage.

After queuing on the street, diners are sat next to strangers in the cramped Hong Kong restaurant before rinsing their own cutlery. Welcome to the world’s cheapest Michelin-starred experience.

The number of Hong Kong couples planning to marry on 12/12/12 — seen as a fairly fortunate date by feng shui masters — has shrunk compared to the more auspicious 11/11/11 last year, reports said Monday.

On Hong Kong’s traffic-heavy streets, horns blare as speeding red taxis, double-decker buses and public minivans shuttle people to-and-from work. But there is one thing missing – bicycles.

Imagine yourself on the rooftop bar of East Hotel, sipping an ice cold San Miguel Pale Pilsen, looking out on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Not the harbor of 2012, but of a century ago, in 1912.

The terrible traffic jam didn’t stop us from catching our flight (by a few minutes) to Hong Kong via Dragonair.

To fully capture the opportunities brought by summer, a popular travel season for vacationers in the region, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) will once again launch a wave of promotions under the “Hong Kong Summer Spectacular” campaign.

Summer continues to sizzle in Hong Kong ― Asia’s number one summer destination. To celebrate the city’s hot events and cool places, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is inviting everyone to the Hong Kong Summer Spectacular 2012 – HK Summer Showreels Contest.