Inspire / 20 Nov 2018 / BY Christopher Mark
The Colombo Traffic Officer Who Became a Musical Icon
Introducing the infectious rhythms of baila, Sri Lanka’s unique form of dance music that originated among Portuguese fishermen and African slaves in the colonial period. Modern baila is now popular in...
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Inspire / 16 Jul 2018
Ho Lee Fook Silent Art Auction
This week we’re making way for a brand new collection of lightbox works by Jonathan Jay Lee at ho lee fook so we’re auctioning off the much loved old series of scenes from Gage Street market. To make...
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Inspire / 09 Jul 2018
Why Do Chefs Wear Clogs?
Unless your favourite chef is a tap-dancing farmer from 13th century Amsterdam, you probably wouldn’t expect them to wear clogs. Yet a surprising number of stove-jockeys swear by the outdated form of...
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Inspire / 13 Jun 2018
The Origin of Dragon Boat Festival And Why We Eat Zongzi Dumplings
Patriotic poet, Qu Yuan. Photo sourced from Wikipedia by Chen Hongshou (17th century).
On the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Hong Kong’s...
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Inspire / 15 May 2018
Lessons from their mothers
Food and family memories are often entwined, and many chefs developed their passion for cooking from their maternal figures. To celebrate Mother’s Day, we had our chefs share some thoughts on how their...
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Inspire / 08 May 2018
How-To: Piping Tips
Icing cakes is an art form. We chat to Safia Osman, the mastermind of our pastry programme at Black Sheep Restaurants, on how she manages to get it so right every time.
Side note: every time means every...
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Inspire / 03 Apr 2018
Bartenders' Favourite Cocktail Books
Bartenders have deep understandings of their crafts, memorizing complex recipes, grasping the nuances of varied liquors and dabbling in chemistry. Many amass libraries chock full of bartending guides and...
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Inspire / 15 Jan 2018
The BSR Bar Series: "Dry Jan" Hacks
We’re sixteen days into 2018, which means sixteen days into having kept or not kept that extensive list of resolutions you scrawled from your hungover cave, feebly convincing yourself would last the...
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Consume / 02 Jan 2018
Reboot Your Pantry
Oh, January. After a lush holiday season, many of us are heading back to the gym and reevaluating eating habits. One quick and easy way to clean up your diet without ruining your social life is to just...
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Inspire / 02 Jan 2018
The BSR Bar Series: Hangover Cures, As Told By Our Experts
December is relentless. Burning the candle at both ends is unavoidable, and office parties, visiting friends and end-of-year commitments can lead to an intense month. We’re through the woods (thankfully)...
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Inspire / 18 Dec 2017
How to pair wine with your favourite junk foods
Wine. We have complex tools for decanting, delicate glassware, choreographed steps around service and oftentimes a hefty price tag, all of which can make it seem intimidating and inaccessible.
However,...
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Inspire / 11 Dec 2017
Gifts to get for your foodie friends
Christmas shopping stressing you out? We asked a few of our in-the-know foodie friends what they are asking Santa for this year so you can buy the epicurean in your life something that they’ll genuinely...
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Inspire / 27 Nov 2017
FESTIVE STRESS RESCUE: Holiday Punch How-To
Party season is fast approaching, with three days until December, and with it the stress of party planning. From potlucks to posh dinner parties, enough pressure is placed on meticulous meal prep that...
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Inspire / 14 Nov 2017
Surviving Flu Season: Tried-and-Tested Chinese Remedies
While the change in weather provides a welcome respite from the heat and humidity, it often means the start of sniffle season, especially when you’re new in town. Traditional snake soup might be the...
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Inspire / 31 Oct 2017
Level up your home coffee game
Black Sheep Restaurants’ Head Barista Gabe Phanoulas knows good coffee. He also knows, however, that not everyone has the money or the inclination to shell out for the proper equipment. Here are his...
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Inspire / 23 Oct 2017
The History of the Patiala Peg
The liberated era of postcolonial India and Pakistan was flamboyant yet regal and surprisingly booze-centric in the shared region of Punjab, with a heavy emphasis on gin in the summer and whisky in the...
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Inspire / 03 Oct 2017
Chefs Secret Pantry Staples
We polled chefs on their unexpected yet essential pantry staples to make weeknight dinners more exciting. Here’s how they use them.
Palash Mitra, New Punjab Club
You can always find some variation of...
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Inspire / 25 Sep 2017
Three-ingredient Dishes: Controversy vs Convenience
Nigella Lawson angered the internet this summer when she shared her two-ingredient recipe for tomatoes and salad cream (although the salad cream actually contained a whole slew of ingredients, which the...
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Inspire / 28 Aug 2017
Buzz on Nitro Coffee
Nitro coffee is not a new concept, but it is still a niche one. Invented in 2013 by Stumptown Roasters’ Nate Armbrust, the discovery began as a labour of love and became a full-blown quest to aerate...
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Inspire / 21 Aug 2017
Dressing for Date Night with Milk Magazine
Whether it’s a Tinder meet up, a night out with a hot date or an anniversary dinner with your other half, planning your date night outfits is always tricky. We talked to Hannah Lok, the senior editor...
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Inspire / 07 Aug 2017
Instagramming in SoHo
Instagrammable Spots in Soho
Hong Kong’s vibrant SoHo neighbourhood provides varied backdrops for snapping social media pictures guaranteed to get the likes. Spend your day snapping playful murals, winding...
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Inspire / 31 Jul 2017
How to be a good bar regular
bar team for their tips to attain ‘Cheers’ status where everyone knows your name and there’s always a cold one waiting:
Find your spot. Find a laid-back, nearby bar with a selection that won’t...
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Inspire / 17 Jul 2017
Karaoke Etiquette: 7 Rules to Sing By
Karaoke is the ideal mix of a bar hangout and performance showcase. The world needs to hear you sing and you’ve already got your first ten songs picked out in your head. But before you go ahead and load...
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Inspire / 17 Jul 2017
Tips for capturing your most-liked food instagram
The most important thing about dining out is the Instagram, right?
Here are some tips and tricks from experts in the field on capturing that money shot.
#1: Natural lighting
There is no chance of getting...
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Inspire / 16 Jun 2017
Five Movie Diner Scenes
The humble American diner has provided the backdrop to countless movies, but not all diner scenes are equal. Here we list five of the best that may not promote the food service element of diners but does...
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Inspire / 05 Jun 2017
Where to Find the Best Steak in Buenos Aires
There’s a saying that the only part of the cow the Argentines don’t eat is the “moo.” Argentina without steak would be like Italy without pasta, Hong Kong without dumplings, Mexico without tacos…you...
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Inspire / 06 May 2017
Five Tips For Navigating A Wine List Like a Pro
Perplexed by a wine list? We’ve all been there. Whether it’s a tight selection of quirky wines at a neighbourhood joint, or an expansive list from an award-winning cellar, restaurant wine lists can...
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