Xiqu Centre

Hailing from Taipei’s Xinyi District, Daily Tea Time by Don’t Yell At Me serves hand-shaken Taiwanese drinks in a colourful array of flavours. 

Cult favourites from the specialist boba chain include Honey Puer Milk Tea, Osmanthus Coffee Milk, Honey Citron Four Seasons Green Tea and Fizzy Grapefruit Lemon. Need a bite to go with your drink? Their croffle, aka the perfect marriage of croissant and waffle, will have you yelling for joy. 

Location: 
Unit No. 1, LG/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
11:00am–8:00pm

Website: www.facebook.com/dont.yell.at.me.hk

Brewing since 1991, LockCha Tea Shop started as a store selling loose tea leaves in Hong Kong. Three decades on, the tea house has grown into a reputable brand with multiple branches selling fine tea, teaware and snacks across Hong Kong, and an online presence that delivers quality Chinese tea and wares to tea lovers worldwide. 

LockCha gets its name from the romanisation of “樂”, which means happiness and fortune, and “茶”, the Chinese character for “tea”. Firm believers in fair trade, its founder, Ip Wing-chi, and his veteran sourcing specialists purchase first-rate tea leaves from small tea farmers, journeying across China and Taiwan in search of the finest tea. The brand sends its tea leaves to third-party laboratories for assessment before putting them on the shelves.

Their philosophy for good tea is simple: delicious, healthy, authentic, and worth the money. If that resonates with you, stop by their Xiqu Centre shop for everything you will need to create the ultimate at-home tea experience.

Location: 
Unit No. 3, LG/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday to Sunday and Public Holiday: 11:00am–8:00pm

Phone: (852) 7075 2267
Website: www.lockcha.com

Natural is Best at Xiqu Centre is the flagship shop of this local snack brand with more than 50 years of history. Shop offers a full array of snack (including preserved fruit, candy, chocolate, pastry, poultry/seafood jerky, roasted nut, fried chip, and beverage) from various places (including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, Europe, United States, etc). Locals and tourists are sure to satisfy what they need for own consumption, gift, and souvenir.

Location: 
Unit No. 7, B2/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours: 
10:00am–10:30pm

Phone: (852) 5992 9023 / (852) 2145 4161

Website:
https://www.instagram.com/naturalisbesthk/

Eat East is dedicated in providing supreme meal solutions for metropolitan through supplying quality pre-packaged chilled and frozen foods and related services to both retail and wholesale markets. Its product line includes rice and noodles, congee, Chinese sweet soup, soup, appetizers and vegetables, etc., and providing over 100 choices in Chinese, Western, Japanese and Korean styles. Those products showcase Eat East’s brand philosophy of “Snacks & Meals, Anytime, Anywhere”.

Location:
Unit No. 3, B2/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours: 
8:00am–10:00pm

Phone: (852) 2156 9930

Website: https://www.eateasthk.com/

Peony Garden serves quintessentially Hong Kong comfort food classics at Hong Kong’s new Chinese arts.

Paying tribute to Chinese opera culture, Peony Garden, or ‘You Yuan Cha Ji’ in Chinese, is named after The Peony Pavilion, a masterpiece of Chinese literature and kunqu by famous playwright Tang Xian-zu. Peony Garden complements the venue’s cultural theme with a tribute to traditional Hong Kong food art, from local comfort food and tea house favourites, to hawker street-food snacks. 

Location: 
Unit No. 2–3, G/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
11:00am–11:00pm

Phone: (852) 2320 7455
Website: www.facebook.com/peonygarden.hk

Found in 1986, Linong Tea is in the business of production, wholesale and retailing of Tea Leaves and Tea Wares. Their tea leaves product including Yunnan Pu'er tea, Anxi Tieguanyin, Zhejiang Longjing tea, Taiwan Oolong tea, Fujian Wuyi Tea, various of floral tea and other distinctive tea wares, including Yixing Zisha teapot and other precious ceramics, hoping to take this opportunity to promote and lifting public’s interest towards Chinese tea culture.

Location: 
Unit No. 1, 1/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours: 
10:00am–7:00pm

Phone: (852) 3481 2808
 

MOS Burger was born in Japan since 1972. We started out as a small restaurant and now operate over 1500 outlets around the world. We are also known as Japanese fine burger.

Location: 
Unit No. 2, B2/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
11:00am–9:00pm

Phone: (852) 2550 4169
Website: http://mosburger-hk.com/

“Zero To One” describes the process of creating something radically new and taking it to the first step or intensive growth. It is easier to do things from “1 to n” than “Zero To One”.

Zero to One Tea Culture Promotion Centre holds detailed courses on the study of tea where classes include in-depth coaching on how to store, brew, prepare and drink tea.

Zero To One believes tea is healthy, delicious and fun. It is also the second most popular drink on the planet second only to water. Tea, very simple, because it brings people together all over the world and makes us happy.

Location: 
Unit No. 6C, B2/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
12:00nn–7:30pm

Phone: (852) 2401 3123
Website: www.zerotoonetea.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/zerotoonetea
Instagram: zerotoonetea

First established in 2006, the Centre aims at promoting Chinese culture and heritage in a long­term commitment to nurture youngsters' character building and foster their understanding of home country. They focus in organizing various interest classes, activities, exhibitions and competitions particularly in the four areas of traditional Chinese arts including music(qin), chess(qi), calligraphy(shu) and painting (hua). They collaborate with different schools and institutions, local and Mainland, to establish a platform for cultural exchange and development.

Location: 
Unit No. 6B, B2/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
10:00am–7:00pm

Phone: (852) 9321 8041
Website: www.ccad.com.hk

Rex Music pioneers to establish ''Rex Music Orchestra'', the first Hong Kong Orchestra which adds snare drum element in performance. The snare drum team members in the orchestra are generally kindergarten students.

With innovative thinking, we create new music courses to break through the traditional education model in music performance courses, in order to open the door with unlocking musical talents in kids nowadays.

Location: 
Unit No. 1, B2/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 11:30am–8:30pm
Saturday to Sunday: 10:00am–8:30pm

Phone: (852) 2898 8608
Website: www.rexmusic.com.hk

You can taste the wonton magic inherited from Guangzhou’s King of Wonton Noodle at Mak’s Noodle. The irresistible flavor has been well received by Hong Kongers, making wonton noodle a classic local delicacy.

Be it the blue-and-white china bowl, tempting smell of egg noodle or the calming cup of tea, wonton noodle is a perfect way to appreciate traditional Guangdong culinary art in different senses.

Location: 
Unit No. GF-05, G/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
11:00am–9:30pm

Phone: (852) 2368 8362
Website: www.maksnoodle.com

Simply Learning provide a variety of English courses for all ages of children. With over 15 years of experience hands-on teaching in Hong Kong, they understand the needs of students. Their goals are simple: to provide the best instruction and customer service, to instill knowledge and to promote self-learning and confidence for their students. Their Western-based culture is at the core of their centers’ ability to engross students in lessons, which means they will laugh, play and learn at their centres. Their philosophy extends to their new courses in Mandarin and Art. Simply Learning makes learning simple!

Location: 
Unit No. 6A, B2/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
11:30am-7:00pm

Phone: (852) 2669 2001
Website: www.simplyenglish.hk

Rainbow Creative Arts' mission is to "share love . share arts". With 22 branches across Hong Kong, each featuring unique themes, our schools are decorated in a relaxed style with harmonious colors. The teaching approach is based on enjoyable and relaxed activities, creating an atmosphere of joyful creativity.

Here, children can find tranquility and discover the wonders of painting and artistic expression. They learn the fundamentals of drawing, fearlessly embrace mistakes, and courageously take on challenges. They explore various materials, unlocking endless possibilities in the world of art.

Children also venture beyond the classroom to explore the world, spreading the joy of creation to people and experiences around them. Together, we share art and share love. Let art break free from traditional boundaries and begin the symphony of creative expression at Rainbow Creative Arts!

Location: 
Unit No. 6D, B2/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday : 10:00am–7:00pm
Saturday : 9:00am–6:00pm
Sunday : 9:00am–2:00pm

Phone: (852) 2683 2900
Website: www.rcama.hk

Kafook Florist is a flower boutique specializing in high-end preserved flowers, fresh flowers and silk flowers, providing wholesale, retail, education and custom-made Japanese floral materials. Kafook offers a variety of stunning bouquets, baskets and floral arrangements for various festivals and every occasions such as grand opening days, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations and congratulations on the birth of new born babies.

Regular floral courses will be held by Kafook’s professional floral art team, teaching floral arrangements which can brighten up someone’s day with beautiful bouquets and flower displays.

Location: 
Units No. 04&05, B2/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
9:00am–7:00pm

Phone: (852) 2666 6989
Website: www.kafookflorist.com

Star Place is located on the 1st Floor of the Xiqu Centre.  It tastefully blends traditional elements with a contemporary ambience, creating a memorable dining experience for all guests.

The professional and experienced Chinese chefs dedicate to skilfully crafted freshly made Cantonese dim sum and delicacies in a contemporary way. The menu presents a diverse array of dishes, prepared with utmost care and attention to detail.  From classic favourite dim sums to regional specialties, each dish is a testament to the Star Place’s commitment to authentic Chinese flavours. The use of fresh ingredients and traditional cooking techniques ensures a truly satisfying culinary journey.

At Star Place, banquet halls and VIP rooms are available for various type of banquets and events, such as wedding banquets, corporate banquets, spring dinners, birthday parties, festival banquets, etc.  The themed “Sun Moon Star” equipped with a flexible layout and advanced audio-visual equipment, showing the team’s dedication to creating a memorable dining experience add to the overall charm of the restaurant.

Location: 
Units 02-04, 1/F, Xiqu Centre

Opening Hours:
11:00am–11:00pm

Phone: (852) 2380 1231
Website: www.starseafood.hk

The mission of the Xiqu Centre is to preserve, promote and develop the art of Chinese traditional theatre, to nurture the local form of Cantonese opera and to promote other forms of xiqu. To advance the legacies and traditions of Chinese traditional theatre we support artists to create new works and help nurture a new generation of local artists. Through performances, creation, education, research and exchange, we aim to expand the audience base and create a new platform for the contemporary development of the art form.

Xiqu Centre

Excellence, Innovation, Expansion: A contemporary gateway to Chinese Opera

The Xiqu Centre at West Kowloon invites you to a new world of Chinese traditional theatre.

One of the oldest performance genres in Asia, Chinese traditional theatre – xiqu – has more than 300 regional forms still performed today. Our goal is to present the best traditional and contemporary xiqu from Hong Kong, China and around the world, to provide a world-class platform for innovation and virtuosity, and to reach long-time and new audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

Excellence

Our commitment to quality and professionalism ensures we deliver the highest standards of production and performance.

In Hong Kong, Cantonese opera has permeated mainstream popular as well as formal culture, influencing even local slang. Despite this deep and broad cultural significance, our city has never had a dedicated centre for the preservation, performance, research and development of our homegrown art form – until now. The Xiqu Centre presents the highest-calibre productions of Cantonese opera classics.

In the larger Chinese-speaking region, xiqu has developed in diverse ways, responding to local societal shifts and cultural trends. Individual masters as well as local contexts have sent the art form developing along divergent trajectories. The Xiqu Centre provides a nexus for professional xiqu artists and troupes from across Asia to engage, collaborate, and better understand our own intra-Asian diversity. The Xiqu Centre is the centre to see the best of the art form from across Asia.

Innovation

We cross artistic genres as well as geographic borders, bringing this classic art form into the 21st century with inspiring contemporary new works.

The Xiqu Centre facilitates opportunities for crossover with contemporary art forms – from dance and theatre to puppetry, film and literature – ensuring this tradition innovates for a modern world and changing demographics. We collaborate with next-generation xiqu artists to develop new works and explore new ideas.

Our digital script archive is developing one of the world’s most comprehensive online collections of Cantonese opera scripts, an invaluable resource to preserve a legacy and ensure continuous creative development. The archive, with English synopses of each play, will offer the English-speaking world access to rare original documents for academic research and artistic creation.

Expansion

The Xiqu Centre expands the reach of both artists and audiences. We secure the position of Chinese traditional theatre in the global arts and culture conversation and help audiences of all ages and backgrounds fall in love with xiqu.

The Xiqu Centre gives us a forum to extend the conversation to wider issues around performing arts traditions, and to explore how contemporary, urban cultures deal with traditional heritage, how we engage as an international community beyond tourism and consumerism, and how we preserve traditional culture while innovating for a “globalised” future. It also gives us a forum to bring together, learn from and cooperate with international arts organisations and experts grappling with similar issues of heritage preservation and cultural development: leaders in Argentina’s tango, Korea’s pansoori, Japan’s kabuki, Spain’s flamenco, Mali’s griot and balafon traditions, plus indigenous forms of puppet theatre, song, music and movement the world over.

Internationally, xiqu is still one of the least understood genres, despite its influences on such contemporary arts as film, animation and theatre. The Xiqu Centre opens a new gateway for international and next-generation audiences to appreciate an art form that many have considered impenetrable. Our rich programmes of traditional and contemporary productions, narrated performances and demonstrations, talks, tours, seminars, workshops and exhibitions, open the art form for new audiences, and demonstrate that Chinese opera can be accessible for everyone.

The Xiqu Centre, home to one of the longest living legacies of performance, gives us a stage to innovate and celebrate the essential quality that unites us all as humans: our creative spirit.