Pop Cantonese: 竹升 – Bamboo Rise
Why are overseas-born Chinese often referred to pejoratively as bamboo poles?...
Erica Fong
Neighbourhood Guide: Tai Hang, Laid-Back and Creative
This historic corner of Hong Kong offers good coffee, great food and an easy-going vibe under the watchful eye of the fire dragon...
Pop Cantonese: Hea, Chok and Chur
Three Cantonese words are so new, they don't even have equivalent Chinese characters...
Pop Cantonese: 收皮 – Collect Skin
What on earth does skin have to do with being annoying?...
Pop Cantonese: 呷醋 – Eat Vinegar
How far would you go to show your love?...
Pop Cantonese: 戴綠帽 – Wearing A Green Hat
Sporting a green hat? Don't be surprised if you're greeted with a smirk...
What’s Essential for Chinese New Year? Peach Blossoms
The lucky nature of China’s homegrown fruit....
Pop Cantonese: Big Wok 大鑊
There's more to the wok than you might expect....
Pop Cantonese: 大頭蝦 – Big Head Prawn
Ever wonder where some of the words we use everyday in Hong Kong lingo come from? Prawns may be delicious, but you don’t want to be one....
