The Hong Kong Living Christmas Gift Guide 2023
Bimbo Concept
Bimbo Concept is a multi-brand concept store focusing on modern family life, offering the highest quality products such as kids’ furniture, educational toys, home décor, fashion and accessories. The store stocks over 70 imported brands, such as Konges Slojd, Liewood and Plantoys, and an in-house product line, Bimbo Casa, designed by co-founders Elaine and Luca So-Girardi. Each item is hand-selected to ensure it meets the ‘Bimbo Concept’ standard of style, quality and sustainability.
Bimbo Concept also has a fantastic playroom in collaboration with The Upper House, offering a programme of festive workshops over the holidays. For those looking to gift an experience, Children’s Residency Playroom Passes make excellent gifts for Hong Kong children.
Bimbo Concept Stores, Shop 343, 3/F Prince’s Building, 10 Chater Road, Central; Shop No. 225, 2/F, Lee Garden Two, 28 Yun Ping Road, Causeway Bay. Bimbo Concept Children’s Residency (playroom), 3705, 37/F, Pacific Place Apartments, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
The Lion Rock Press
Who doesn’t love The Lion Rock Press? From the cutest stationery and cards to quirky Hong Kong keepsakes, the brand continues to develop exciting concepts. Having celebrated its tenth-anniversary last year, The Lion Rock Press is a family favourite with a permanent showroom in Sheung Wan.
A gorgeous selection of Christmas gifts awaits, including a brand new 1,000-piece double-sided puzzle Hong Kong Neighbourhood Series: Central, which celebrates our remarkable city’s colourful, cultural kaleidoscope. Kids will love LRP’s Classic Card Games, five classic card games (Go Fish, Memory, Old Maid, Happy Families and Snap) with a Hong Kong twist.
The Lion Rock Press, 1005 10/F Arion Commercial Centre, 2-12 Queen’s Road West, Sheung Wan
The Peninsula Boutique
Perhaps the most iconic Hong Kong brand of all time, The Peninsula Hong Kong, which celebrates its 95th anniversary this December, has launched its exquisite 2023 holiday collection. This year’s motif is the festive bauble, an iconic decoration that twinkles from Christmas trees worldwide. The sought-after collection includes advent calendars, luxurious festive hampers and gift boxes, lifestyle collectables and hanging baubles that open to reveal indulgent treats.
The Peninsula Boutique, The Peninsula Arcade, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Malabar Baby
Founded by Hong Kong mama Anjali Harjani, Malabar Baby is a beautiful lifestyle brand focusing on babies, children and the home. Anjali started Malabar Baby after she struggled to find luxurious yet affordable artisan-made bedding and loungewear in Asia. The brand attracts a dedicated global following. Meghan Markle can’t get enough of Malabar’s gorgeous block-printed crib bedding sets inspired by international cities and hand-printed in India. Malabar Baby recently launched a limited-edition homeware range, including block-printed table linens and couch throws, which are hand-printed in India and perfect for Christmas gifting.
Malabar Baby products are available at The Upper House, Bimbo Concept, Lane Crawford, Belevivi and online at malabarbaby.com
Kung Pao & Beyond
Having travelled extensively, Susan Jung has tried and tested more fried chicken recipes than you could imagine. Her love for fried chicken has never ceased.
As a child, Susan marvelled at the intensely flavoured and crunchy drumsticks her uncle would cook at family gatherings. As a student, she revelled in her midnight snack of cold fried chicken, and during her nearly 25-year tenure as the food and wine editor for the South China Morning Post, her fried chicken recipes were in constant demand.
Through years of exploration, Susan has discovered this beloved dish’s many possibilities. In her recently published book, Kung Pao & Beyond, Susan selects her favourite fried chicken recipes from East and Southeast Asia.
Kung Pao and Beyond is available at select bookstores in Hong Kong online at geni.us/kungpaoandbeyond
Liz Fry Design
Liz Fry Design is a Hong Kong design company that supports and celebrates the local art community. Products are made as environmentally conscious as possible and produced and sourced from sustainable materials.
Through her products, Liz aims to bring colour and art into people’s lives in a less disposable way. Her work includes an element of pattern inspired by daily life in Hong Kong, and she often collaborates with local artists for a one-off artwork to complement her collections.
We love the homeware collection with ceramic mugs, tea towels, notecards, Hong Kong-inspired LED back-lit stretched canvases and rPET cushion covers made from recycled plastic bottles.
Shop the collection at Bookazine, Goods of Desire, HKTDC Design Gallery and online at lizfrydesign.com. Next time you’re on Lamma, check out her design studio, which is open from Thursday to Sunday (1 pm-6 pm). Follow Liz on Instagram at @lizfrydesign.
Liz Fry Design Studio, G/F 21 Main Street, Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island 5480 9915, info@lizfrydesign.com
Conspiracy Chocolate
Handcrafted in Hong Kong, Conspiracy Chocolate is a small-batch bean-to-bar chocolatier based in Wong Chuk Hang. Beans are selected from a single farm in Vietnam and then roasted, refined and tempered at the dedicated Chocolate Lab right here in Hong Kong. Products contain absolutely no additives and flavour combinations are exciting and unconventional. Try combinations such as Porcini Mushroom, Genmaicha and Sichuan Pepper. These beautifully packaged bonbons come in savoury and classic flavours and make beautiful gifts.
Catch Conspiracy Chocolate this Saturday December 2 at The Chocolate Atelier to enjoy a full afternoon of chocolate tasting and workshops. Tickets here.
Order online at www.conspiracychocolate.com
Lumeun Home
Having recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, Lumeun Home is an interior brand and showroom curated by French expat Delphine Lernoud. The brand caters to Hongkongers looking for unique interior pieces to add to their homes. The showroom also exclusively stocks famous French brand Maison Sarah Lavoine – think beautiful tableware, glassware, vases, lamps and cushions at very reasonable prices. Lumeun Home also retails furniture, such as benches and altar tables, that are sustainably handcrafted in China and a range of customised products such as linen tablecloths, curtains and sofas that are proudly made in Hong Kong with local artisan partners. For the most desirable table settings this Christmas, shop the Maison Sarah Lavoine and Eclat tableware collection.
Lumeun Home, KWAI BO BUILDING, 8/F, Unit A, 40 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang
Ginsanity
Hong Kong’s only monthly gin club delivers a Hong Kong-first full-sized bottle of gin, cocktail recipes, and more directly to members’ doors. The Ginsanity team does all the hard work so members can enjoy some of the latest, most fabulous and most delicious gins worldwide. Tonics are included, and delivery is free!
Memberships start at $588 for a monthly subscription, with quarterly and annual options available. For example, the “Gin Every Quarter” subscription delivers the same great Gin Club box every three months.
Order online at ginsanity.hk/gin-club
r é n
Social enterprise r é n has partnered with local candle brand BeCandle to create unique scents in collaboration with Hong Kong’s top culinary experts. Proceeds from the candle sales will support r é n’s youth programme under its HUMANITY pillar. Twelve unique scents are on offer, including Berlin Surprise by Chef Robin Zavou of Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, with black pepper, sandalwood and oud, inspired by precious winter moments “sitting in a deep leather chair, next to an open fire, with a glass of fine wine”. All candles are priced at $350.
Order online at www.ren.community
Emma The Sleep Company
Give the gift of a good night’s sleep with Emma – The Sleep Company. This German-founded brand aims to help people understand the importance of sleep with an award-winning range of direct-to-consumer mattresses, beds, pillows and sleep accessories. The pressure-relieving Emma Diamond Pillow is an excellent gift for someone looking to improve their sleep quality. The Emma Weighted Blanket also relieves stress to enhance sleep naturally.
Combine a movie with some product testing: Emma has launched the first-ever outdoor bed and movie experience in collaboration with The Grounds at AIA Vitality Park. Enjoy a festive film while reclining on an Emma mattress in select Emma Prime Pods until December 10. Click here to book and enjoy and extra 5% off Emma products with discount code THEGROUNDS.
Order online at emma-mattress.hk
City’super
Are you looking for a captivating assortment of exquisite Christmas hampers? City’super has an extensive selection of Christmas hampers, including one of the most luxurious hampers in town; priced at $66,888, the City’super Christmas Extravaganza X2301 contains over 80 premium gourmet items, such as premium wines, spirits, and food ingredients. Plenty of hamper options are tailored to beauty fans, foodies and pampered pets, starting from $988.
Instore or online at city’super: online.citysuper.com.hk
