Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, May 4-10
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Rolland Cheung
Hong Kong artist Rolland Cheung Wui-hei's solo exhibition, New Natural. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong artist Rolland Cheung Wui-hei's solo exhibition 'New Natural' breaks two-dimensional artistic boundaries by integrating resin art with light, motion sensors, sound and mechanical installations in an immersive experience exploring humanity's relationship with nature. Featuring the largest resin artwork in Hong Kong, the show, which runs from May 9 to June 2, presents 10 new pieces that evoke natural forms such as glaciers and sand dunes.
L0 Gallery, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei
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Mother's Day
Cuisine Cuisine's decadent fish maw and conch soup. Photo: Cuisine Cuisine
Get ready to celebrate mum this coming week with a host of special menus around town. At
Cuisine Cuisine , spoil her with an eight-course Cantonese feast featuring suckling pig layered with foie gras, and marinated pigeon with 15-year-aged chenpi. Alternatively,
LucAle is serving a special brunch menu of Italian classics such as green sea bass cappelletti with caviar sauce, and slow-cooked beef cheek with celery-root cream. What's more, mothers are presented with a fresh rose on arrival.
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Cuisine Cuisine, Shop 3101-7, IFC Mall, Central; LucAle, Shop A, 100 Third Street, Sai Ying Pun
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch's creative director Ivanhoe Lam and cast member Jordan Cheng in Prince Edward. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Iconic Broadway rock 'n' roll musical
Hedwig and the Angry Inch will be presented in Hong Kong for the first time from May 10 to 18 at the West Kowloon Cultural District. Premiered in 1998, the play follows Hedwig, an East Berliner whose botched gender-affirming surgery sets her on a path of revenge with her band. It has been adapted into multiple languages, though this is the first time it will be performed in Cantonese.
The Box, Freespace, 18 Museum Drive, West Kowloon. For more information, go to their
website
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COA's mescal pairing with chocolate. Photo: COA
It's no secret that whisky and chocolate pair well, but what about mescal? Leave it to COA to make a case for the smoky agave spirit in its latest pairing flight created in partnership with Conspiracy Chocolate. Expect pours from producers such as Del Maguey, Montelobos and Los Danzantes, paired with chocolate squares loaded with everything from porcini to sweet paprika and tonka bean caramel.
Shop A, LG/F, Wah Shin House, 6-10 Shin Hing Street, Central
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