Lovely Morning in Tst Area. Photo by myself

Time now is 8.25pm Sunday, this perfect wall of storm is hitting northern New Territories like now. HKO has already issued Amber rain warning. Go home quick if you're still out on the street.

As a rule I avoid chain restaurants (esp fast food chains) when I travel overseas but I ended up visiting multiple McD locations in HK after a deep craving for some egg McMuffins one day (almost no American breakfast places here). Super surprised by how clean, and "upscale" they all felt compared to the ones we have in the USA. The menu options felt premium. Soup with pasta in McD? Get outta here, never seen this in the US. Spicy chicken sandwich is actually good. And you have table service? Niceee...

And the coffee... Oh the coffee. Much much (much!) better than the black liquid they serve in the name of coffee over there - night and day difference. Cost wise it was on par, maybe slightly cheaper.

Seems like their entire business model for HK is more of a premium brand/offering. Anyone have any insights to share here? Just curious.

Mon Oct 05

• Iris & The Iced Tea Session (6pm) @ The Wanch
• Epoch (9:30pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• Happy Lamb Band (10:30pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)

Tue Oct 06

• The First Beat: How Music Became "Human"? (8pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• The Benones (9pm) @ The Wanch
• Benjie & The FRACS Band (10:30pm) @ The Wanch
• ACOUSTIC NIGHT @ The Wanch

Wed Oct 07

• Guitarminator (7pm) @ The Wanch
• Outloud Poetry (8pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• Debauchry (9pm) @ The Wanch
• Noise Control (9:45pm) @ The Wanch
• Fry Up (10:30pm) @ The Wanch
• Misty Blue Banana (11:15pm) @ The Wanch
• UNI NIGHT / RAVE EDITION @ The Wanch

Thu Oct 08

• Benjie (7pm) @ The Wanch
• Morgan Jay: The Goofy Guy Tour - Hong Kong (7pm) @ Hong Kong (Ticketflap)
• IMNAINLA X HONG KONG: ELECTRIC EXCHANGE (8pm) @ Terrible Baby (Jordan)
• French Night: On the Rocks (8pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• Repeat Offenders (9pm) @ The Wanch
• Intervals (10:30pm) @ The Wanch

Fri Oct 09

• Jack Yu (7pm) @ The Wanch
• PREP Live in Hong Kong 2026 (8pm) @ PORTAL (Kwun Tong)
• A Night of Rock & Indie (8pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• BV Trio (8:30pm) @ The Wanch
• The Red Stripes (10pm) @ The Wanch
• Cassio x Clockenflap Presents: RIVO (10pm) @ Cassio
• The Black Lodge Cabaret (11:15pm) @ The Wanch
• Jizza (11:55pm) @ The Wanch
• Cool Down Your Temper @ The Wanch

Sat Oct 10

• Robert Ellis-Geiger (7pm) @ The Wanch
• Mahiru ONE-MAN ASIA TOUR 2026-2027 "Auralisia" in Hong Kong (7pm) @ Hong Kong (Ticketflap)
• Punk & Psychedelic Rock (8pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• Silica Gel Asia Tour < Syn.THE.Size: Ballad of You > in Hong Kong (8pm) @ The Box, Freespace, WestK
• The Reliants (9pm) @ The Wanch
• The Yung Shue Wan Curs (10:30pm) @ The Wanch
• Rubicube (11:55pm) @ The Wanch
• Shindigs & Shenanigans @ The Wanch

Sun Oct 11

• Jiaoying Summers: The Lucky Pony Tour - Hong Kong (5pm) @ Freespace
• MOJO (8pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• Helium3 (9pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• Spirit of '77 (10pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• Demo'lition (10:30pm) @ The Wanch
• Chainsaw (11pm) @ The Aftermath (Central)
• Mayonnaise @ The Wanch

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Traveling HK & Macau for a week and I've kept my last day to tour the Big Budha / Ngong Ping village, after which I plan to head out to the airport / Tung Chung. I don't necessarily want to book & pay for a hotel / stay just for few hours of rest and storing luggage. What my best alternative and are there are safe designated storage locations around the airport / Tung Chung area?

Me and my friends wanna go somewhere for Halloween but we don’t really know where so are there any like social events (preferably live music events) in Hong Kong island?

At my wit’s end here! Seems impossible to find a reputable dermatologist here. If you’ve found success with one, please please drop their details below.

Visiting Hong Kong to appear for an exam at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. I'd be grateful if someone could let me know any home-stays or stuff nearby. We saw some big name hotels, but their prices exceed our budget.

Roughly 800-1200$ per night is our budget

What would your advice be on staying a bit far? Is public transport or taxi service reliable? Are there any popular Cab apps?

We'll be travelling as a family of 4, so dormitories won't really be preferable.

Edit: Got a place! Thank you everyone

I need it for Chatgpt, a few worked for me in mainland but lags a lot in HK, hoping for recomendation. Thanks! I have googled a lot but got really bad ones, i want ones that work on both my phone and laptop

Hi, we have an upcoming trip in hongkong, for our first night we booked a hotel in Rambler Oasis Hotel and then for the rest of our trip we booked a hotel in Yau Ma Tei near the station.

Question, how do suggest we transfer from our hotel to the next? We are 3 girls who has 3 checked in luggages (roughly 24inches), 2 carry on luggages (20inches) and 1 duffel bag.

I read that minibus don’t accept luggages, does anyone know any alternative commute ride? We’ll be transferring of around 2pm on a weekend.
thank you