On The Sassy Radar: Your Cultural Cheat Sheet

It’s time to get ready for FASHION’S NIGHT OUT. Yep, that’s right, finally Hong Kong is joining other cities around the globe for an extravagant night of shopping, champagne and attractions presented by Vogue magazine and Lane Crawford. The September 7th event will feature pop-up shops, art installations, limited-edition merchandise, mingling celebrities, and special guest designers inside Lane Crawford stores. For more updates on Fashion’s Night out, click here.

 

 

LAB MADE, Hong Kong’s first liquid nitrogen ice cream parlour, opened last month and the queues are out the door. By blending fresh ingredients and freezing it with liquid nitrogen at -196°C, this is the smoothest ice cream in the city. With four flavours that change every two weeks and no preservatives, the only downside is that it melts fast, so this is an eat on the spot experience. Sassy’s flavour? Purple rice.
Address: G/F 6 Brown Street, Tai Hang. Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2670 0071.

 

Hong Kong dining is having a very Mexican moment with numerous cantina style eateries dotted around the city. But let’s be clear the majority are just average, so when Jaime and Bendict Ku, the glamourous couple behind Hong Kong hot spots Volar and Lily & Bloom, decided to open SOCIALITO on Wyndham Street, we knew the Mexican invasion would finally be complete. Stop by for authentic tacos, ceviche, tostadas, pasteles and artisanal flavoured frozen margaritas.
Address: Shop 2, G/F The Centrium, 60 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong. Tel: (852) 3167 7380.

 

VANISHED YEARS, Rupert Everett’s follow up to his hilariously gossipy memoir Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins is published on September 27th. Pre-order from Bookazine and expect more tart comments on his fabulous friends including Piers Morgan and Anita Pallenberg.

 

 

 

 

 

One of the most annoying things about toting a clutch bag for anything other than evening, is that it’s impossible to get all your fashion essentials inside. But now with the fabulous foldaway LANA SUNGLASSES from Jimmy Choo, there is no excuse for squinting into the sun.
Address: Shop G8, G/F, The Landmark, Central, Hong Kong. Tel: (852) 2525 6068.

 

 

BOUJIS the London nightclub, famous for its crack baby shots as well as being Princes William and Harry’s party venue of choice, is opening their second branch in Hong Kong. With a Pottinger St location and slick interiors designed by Blacksheep, expect international DJs, mixologists and a membership committee that will shape the guest list. Start queuing now party girls…

Address: 37 Pottinger Street, Central, Hong Kong.

 

 

UNREAL candy recreates our favourite sweet treats like peanut butter cups with natural, sustainably produced alternatives that exclude corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, artificial colours and all the junk. Sold in the States in RiteAid, CVS, Walgreens and Ralphs and with sugar content reduced by an average of over 40%. Someone bring it to Hong Kong please.

 

 

 

OUT OF PRINT CLOTHING seeks to solve the dilemma of those lamenting the loss of proper books when they convert to Kindle or other e-readers. Their eBook covers launching in the autumn wraps the plastic aluminium with gorgeous covers of literary classics made from real book board and cloth.
For more updates on these eBook covers, sign up here.

 

 

 

ROCK OF AGES may not have been the box office success people were hoping for, but the soundtrack with hair metal mash ups of 80’s classic rock tunes like Pour Some Sugar On Me, Hit Me With Your Best Shot and Harden My Heart is brilliant.
Purchase your copy at HMV, Hong Kong. Address: 3 & 4/F, Entertainment Building, 30 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong. Tel: (852) 2739 0268.

 

 

 

HUNTED, a BBC/HBO co production about a Bourne-style female operative picks up the pace for must watch TV this year. The eight part series sees Melissa George in the lead role so if you are a fan of Homeland and The Killing this show with its suspenseful thrills is for you.