We are back with many tales after a short unintentional break. Vivek went to check out HK Towngas restaurant “CulinArt 1862” and Mohammed went to check out Plaza Premium Lounge at Hong Kong Airport, both using free vouchers. Mohammed went to Melbourne and realized that HK has the best public transit system in the world! […]

China’s 11/11 Singles’ Day “Shopping Festival” is like Black Friday on steriods. It has consistently been the biggest shopping day in the world for the last few years, online and offline. Originally, the date was celebrated as a cynical response to traditional couple-centric festivals by a small group of college bachelors. However, in 2009 Alibaba’s […]

Daniel Fernandes is one of the top Indian standup comedians. He is known for his dark humor and for not shying away from tackling controversial topics. Danny stops by HK to perform a show with Backstage Comedy and we take the opportunity to talk all things comedy and his night out in HK on LKF! […]

It’s Diwali week and we are in a festive mood. We chat about Diwali, call centers, the mysterious Indian man walking around Soho, Vivek auctioning himself off and the process of bringing touring comedians into HK.   One of Indians’ top English comedian Daniel Fernandes is performing live in HK Friday Nov 10 for only […]

Comedian Adam Hopkins started out his comedy career in Shanghai, where he was also working as a journalist. We chat to him about what it’s like working a journalist in China, the coolest interviews he’s done and why he eventually moved to Taiwan.    Get tickets to Backstage Comedy live shows here: https://linktr.ee/backstagecomedy Subscribe to our […]

Mohammed is back from Australia and has a lot to vent about. Despite Melbourne having the reputation of being one of the most liveable cities in the world, why is nobody working? How is everyone so relaxed and why is the HK public transport system so superior?    Come to Backstage Comedy shows this week […]

On this very special edition of Ho Ho Hong Kong, we have returning guest and co-host of ABC’s China Tonight Annie Louey back on the pod!  Mohammed is currently in Australia visiting Annie, doing shows and traveling around. Annie and Mohammed drove from Melbourne to Sydney and back. They catch up on the podcast to […]

Hong Kongers love their holiday travels. Favorite destinations list include Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Korea. Bali, Indonesia? Not so much. Luckily one of our hosts Mohammed has been to Bali multiple times and after his last trip there and his first one since the pandemic, he comes back with a full report. Should you visit […]

We had a busy week performing standup comedy om Friday at Basehall, Jardine House then on Saturday at Better With Beer Festival on the Central Harbourfront. Also, last week Clockenflap announced the lineup for this December’s edition. We get into it all then we get to our guest Ben Volchok. Ben is an award-winning comedy […]

Jinx Yeo is one of the top standup comedians out of Singapore.  He was nominated “Best Comedy” at the Fringe World Awards 2018. We chat to him about HK vs. Singapore, white people being offended on behalf of minorities and his weirdest gig ever performing for the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea   Get […]