Taikoo This Month: March

Homing People
You’ll be tempted by Homing People’s desserts: they include fluffy matcha Swiss rolls, crispy peanut butter croissants and lemon cakes dripping with icing. This laid-back cafe also has sandwiches, soups, coffee and all-day breakfast on the menu.

Bon-Licious
A new branch of Bon-Licious – first opened in Central – is now offering lunch service at Taikoo Place’s co-working space blueprint. Food choices range from healthy salads and smoked salmon bagels to the more indulgent mac and cheese. With blueprint’s patterned floor tiles and hip seating, you’ll also dine in style.

Baekmidang
Known for its soft serve milk ice cream, a new pop-up branch of this Korean chain opens this month in Cityplaza. Go with the original or pick a more exotic flavour, such as tiramisu or ginger. Cream cakes and milkshakes are also on the menu to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Events

Books for Love @ $10: Book Drive Now Open
Back for its ninth year, the charity book sale campaign, jointly organised by Swire’s Community Ambassador programme, The Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong and Agency for Volunteer Service, is coming to share the joy of reading. Show your support by dropping off your preloved books at the designated points during the two-month book drive; the book sale follows in April in Taikoo Place.

AlipayHK Futureland at Cityplaza
The electronic wallet operator has teamed up with Cityplaza and eslite Spectrum to stage AlipayHK Futureland, a showcase of futuristic shopping technology such as facial recognition for payment, Smart Product Shelf that can detect items selected by customers and "AR Try-on Magic Mirror". The future is now!

ArtisTree Arts Month I: Urban Playgrounds
Catch ArtisTree’s stunning new show combining street art and performing arts. French street artist L’Atlas will create a maze-like installation at ArtisTree, featuring urban landscape photographic works by L’Atlas and Willi Dorner, with colourfully-dressed performers passing through the space at selected times devised by Willi Dorner.

Earth Hour 2019 – Change the way we live
Swire Properties will once again participate in WWF's global phenomenon Earth Hour. Join us as we turn out the lights for one hour on Saturday, 30 March, at 8:30pm. But, you can also follow the theme this year and take more steps: bring your own reusable cup and utensils for hot drinks and takeaways (see below for a bonus coffee deal), say no to straws, and shop for loose produce instead of pre-packaged ones. Every small actions counts in the fight against climate change.

H-Kore
With deals at H-Kore fitness studio in Quarry Bay, it’s easier than you think to get fit for summer. From March until June, pick a class from their CircuitKore or YogaKore series and bring a friend for free. Or bring your whole office for a private group class (up to 15 participants); you’ll get 10% off your group class booking. And stay tuned for March’s two free community YogaKore classes, which incorporate breathing, mindfulness and meditation (first come, first served). To reserve your spot in any of these classes, email quarrybay@h-kore.com.

Going Green at Public, Republic and Ground Public
With Public, Republic and both Ground Public outlets offering $5 discounts when you bring your own cup or food container for takeaway orders, it’s now even more attractive to go green. They are also introducing several dishes using Hong Kong-developed Omnipork, which is a plant-based ingredient that tastes just like pork.

Mid-day booster at Republic
No one should miss Republic’s popular mid-afternoon promotion. Every day from 3:15pm to 4:15pm throughout March, go savour the irresistible chocolate lava cake and coffee for $15.