Ho Ho Hong Kong

On this week's episode, Vivek is replaced by a better-looking and slower-talking host. Annie Louey is back on the pod. As she's doing a residency in Hong Kong through January, Annie and Mohammed chat…

Holy moly this year is already statring off strong. Both our hosts were working on New Year's Eve, and they share the details of how their night went. While Vivek had the time of his life emceeing fo…

Happy 2024!! This podcast is going into its 5th year and we are ringing in the new year with some classic Hong Kong predictions, goals and what we should do differently! 

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It's the most wonderful time of the year and we have a lot of stories for you. Vivek flew to Singapore to perform on Dr. Jason Leong's show, and little did he know a mega superstar would drop in and …

Australian comedian and ABC's China Tonight host Annie Louey is back on the podcast this week, with both hosts back in the studio too. We cover everything, from thirdwheeling, the Aussie "Nut Bush" d…

 Hong Kong has consistently been on the list of the world's most expensive real estate markets. Limited space among many other factors contribute to the housing prices being astronomical. So why woul…

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, …

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,…

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 Backst…

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 come…

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 h…

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 r…

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 show…

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 multipl…

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 …

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 b…

Only a few days after typhoon Saola ravaged through Hong Kong, claiming some trees and forcing expats to cancel their dinner reservations which caused them big distress, we get hit with the longest b…

Both our hosts are self-employed. Vivek Mahbubani runs two companies. He runs Hallf of Laughs with Comedian Tim Chan and he also has his own company representing himself. Mohammed Magdi owns and runs…

By now we can comfortably say that Hong Kong is back to normal, and by normal we mean bizarre news and most of us complaining about our first world problems. While most of the world is still reeling …