This week: hot pot, water activities, Cantopop, packing, and room sizes

The widest-spread update yet, touching five departments with one page each.

What's new

• Food — hot pot and tong sui (sweet dessert soups), two very different but equally central parts of how Hong Kong eats.
• Do — beaches, swimming and water activities, from gazetted lifeguard beaches to Sai Kung's paddleboard scene.
• Culture — Cantopop and Cantonese opera, the region's dominant modern pop tradition alongside its much older opera form.
• Plan — a straightforward packing list by season.
• Stay — an honest look at what Hong Kong hotel room sizes are actually like, and what to check before booking.

What's next

101+ pages in, the site keeps growing a handful at a time. Tell us what's still missing.