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• Secret Ingredient
(www.secretingredient.com.hk )
This is a ready-to-cook service:
they provide all the ingredients
necessary for a gourmet meal,
chopped, portioned and with step-
by-step instructions.
Have dinner delivered
Hungry but can’t be bothered to cook
or even go out for take-away? The
following three websites will deliver
food from your favourite Hong Kong
restaurants.
• Cuisine Courier
(www.cuisinecourier.com.hk)
• Food By Web
(www.foodbyweb.com.hk)
• Dial A Dinner
(www.dialadinner.com.hk)
Dining out
• Open Rice ( www.openrice.com;
iTunes and Google Play apps)
This is Hong Kong’s most popular
restaurant guide, which includes
user ratings, photos and comments.
• Open Snap
(iTunes and Google Play apps)
Finally a place for all those food
photos! This is a user-generated
restaurant guide based on diners’
photos.
• Yum Cha Dim Sum (iTunes app)
This handy app for dim sum
newbies or experts stuck in a
dim sum rut includes pictures,
Cantonese pronunciation, calorie
content and more.
• Flavour Colours (iTunes app)
Ever wonder which wine to order
with your sea cucumber? This
“Chinese Food & Wine Pairing”
app knows!
• Table Map (www.tablemap.com;
iTunes and Google Play apps)
and Chope ( www.chope.com.hk;
iTunes and Google Play apps) allow
easy table booking and frequently
publish special offers and prizes.
Shopper’s delight
Many international brands deliver
to Hong Kong, with some offering a
flat shipping rate. But, here are some
home-grown online shops.
• Spoilt (www.spoilt.com.hk)
Stuck for a present for the person
who has it all? Spoilt offers a
selection of “experience gifts”,
including formula racing driving,
rock climbing, private cooking
classes and more.
• Buy Me Design
(www.buymedesign.com)
This is an online boutique of
selected products from young
designers from around the world,
including furniture, gadgets,
clothes, jewellery and much more.
• Snaptee (www.snaptee.co; iTunes
and Google Play apps)
Feeling creative with your phone’s
camera? Take a picture and use
this app to create a unique t-shirt
– perfect for gifts or to express
yourself.
• Zalora ( www.zalora.com.hk;iTunes
and Google Play apps)
This online clothing, footwear and
accessories shop offers a wide variety
of brands, as well as free shipping on
many items and a 15-day free return
policy.
• Shop in HK (www.shopinhk.com)
Here you’ll find a broad selection of
books, gifts, toys and even clothes
for the little ones.
Especially for new parents
Growing families seem to have
never-ending needs, and not having
to traipse around town with a baby
in tow is music to most mamas’
ears. These online retailers cater
to expectant mothers, babies and
infants:
• BabyCentral
(www.babycentral.com.hk)
• Baby Online
(www.babyonline.com.hk)
• BaoBae ( www.baobae.com)
• Bloom&Grow
(www.bloomandgrowdirect.com)
• Hip Little Bubba
(www.hiplittlebubba.com)
• Our Baby (www.ourbaby.com.hk)
Getting from here to there
Although Hong Kong’s public
transport system is efficient and
taxis are inexpensive, these apps
and websites can help make the
commuting experience even better.
They are also useful for out-of-town
visitors to help them get around on
their own.
• Tramways
(iTunes and Google Play apps)
This app offers colourful tram
designs with information about stops
and maps of the tram lines.
• Hong Kong Taxi Translator
(iTunes and Google Play apps)
This is a must-have street directory
app for non-Cantonese speakers,
which includes translations of street
names, buildings and attractions,
and displays them in an easy-to-
show card format.
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