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Ashlyn Chak
Reporter, Culture
Ashlyn Chak joined the Post in late 2022, after freelancing for local and international publications and art institutions. Driven by creativity and curiosity, she finds pleasure in the arts, film, travel, and writing about the culture of it all. Ashlyn holds a BA in Media and Cultural Studies alongside an MA in Publishing from the University of the Arts London.
Wonton noodles, one of Hong Kong’s most well-known dishes, have a long history in the city. We find the restaurants that serve the best.
The three-day Midori festival focuses on underground electronic music and culture while highlighting Hong Kong’s beautiful natural landscape.
In conservative Hong Kong, more young women have embraced tattoos. What do their mums think of that? Some disapprove, others get inked too.
‘A hard-working actress’ who ‘can do anything she wants to do’, a director once said of Shu Qi – a remark borne out by her subsequent career.
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When Chow Chun-fai could not find a crossroads in Mong Kok, it led him to produce paintings of street views that combine present and past.
French electronic duo Air and ex-White Stripes member Jack White to headline days one and three of the festival on the Central Harbourfront.
Tattoos in Hong Kong were once the province of triads and Western sailors. Today skin art is a form of artistic expression and widely seen. We talk to some of the artists creating it.
The pet of moon goddess Chang’e in Chinese mythology, the Jade Rabbit is associated with Mid-Autumn Festival traditions across Asia
Brianne Tju, one of the stars of Netflix’s Uglies, talks about how her role resonates, reflects on her Asian-American identity and reveals why she struggled with an eating disorder in silence.
Daniel Bird’s new book Sorry Men takes aim at toxic masculinity in a short-story collection about men who avoid vulnerability and honesty
An expert in Chinese martial arts, Laurence Brahm has released a book and documentary promoting the philosophical principles of kung fu, based on his years of travelling to discover its essence.
Mantawoman, the social media phenomenon known for playing contemporary pop music on the Chinese dulcimer, talks about Yo-Yo Ma, studying in Beijing and their gender journey.
Pop duo Crash Adams, who found fame on YouTube and TikTok, are returning to Hong Kong to play a selection of their hit songs at the YouTube Music Night at Harbour City on August 25.
The co-founders of Rice Service, a Cantonese siu mei (roast meat) restaurant in Berlin, Germany, talk about growing up in restaurants and telling their stories of identity and community through food.
You may know Sammy Leung as the host of your favourite Hong Kong radio show or TV variety show, or from his acting in films. Better known as Sum-mei, he’s co-presented with Kitty Yuen for most of his radio career.
Cantopop’s greatest, from Leslie Cheung to Faye Wong and Leon Lai, have put down tracks in Hong Kong’s Avon Recording Studios, which opened in 1983. We join a tour of the storied hit factory.
Did you know Hong Kong actors are given lucky red envelopes every time they appear in a death scene? We delve into the superstitions on film sets and the rituals undertaken to avoid bad luck.
We offer a few ways to avoid disturbing the spirits when you are travelling, from knocking on your hotel room door before entering to making sure your shoes point in different directions.
At their Hong Kong bar The Holywell’s, Andrea Mak and Richard Tam take inspiration from their time hosting house parties in London, with a cosy interior and cocktail menu that offer a taste of the UK.
Senyawa, an Indonesian experimental duo who mix guttural singing with music played on home-made instruments, will return to Hong Kong this summer for Noise Fest in the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Five days of events featuring guest bartenders in Hong Kong for the 2024 Asia’s 50 Best Bars unveiling culminate on Wednesday evening with a party at Bar Leone, which took the No 1 spot on the list.
A century after wuxia novelists Louis Cha and Liang Yusheng were born in 1924, their influence on martial arts culture – from TV series and movies to books and radio – is as big as when they were alive.
Singer Wesley Jamison grew up an introvert but came out of his shell in Hong Kong, tackling a lack of black representation along the way.
Actress Cecilia Cheung’s personal life has never been far from the spotlight since her debut in 1999. Following scandal she moved to mainland China, where she promotes fashion brands on social media.
Lok Cheung, bar manager at three-time Asia’s 50 Best Bars winner Coa, explains how connecting his drinks to Hong Kong helped him take first place in ViuTV’s Master Mixologist cocktail competition.
Yip Wai-hong committed his life to music education, founding two orchestras and the world’s largest children’s choir. He dies on Father’s Day after a visit from his daughters, among them Yip Wing-sie.
Performance art has taken root in Hong Kong despite the political climate, especially among millennials and Gen Z, probably inspired by Marina Abramović, with gender, feminism and sexuality top themes.
Hong Kong DJ Just Bee got hooked on dance music young but couldn’t work out why nothing else in her life ‘stuck’ – until she was diagnosed with ADHD three years ago.
LA-based Taiwanese-American designer Leeann Huang blends food and fashion in her looks. Her food-themed garments have exploded in popularity – and she is ‘surprised that so many people are buying it’.
Artistic, unorthodox and independent are three of the words curator Silke Schmickl uses to describe what’s coming in the inaugural four-day Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival at the M+ museum in Hong Kong.
