Hong Kong new openings, from music venue Tides to a West Kowloon pet park

Concertgoers rejoice: Tides, Hong Kong’s first purpose-built mid-sized music venue, is now open. Operated by Live Nation, the 1,500-person venue inside Whampoa’s famed ship-shaped shopping centre was designed to fill a gap for plug-and-play facilities and is packed to the gills with built-in 360-degree sound, lighting and stage technology. With a handful of shows already under its belt, the next act to take to the stage is multi-platinum streaming sensation bbno$, on November 13.

Tickets for bbno$ cost HK$599; U1/F, Site 6, Whampoa Garden, 1 Tak On Street, Hung Hom; tides.hk

This historic Italian pasticceria has reopened in Pacific Place, bringing back its luxury range of cakes and pastries, along with several new additions, such as the five-foot-tall Cake Manifest greeting guests at the entrance, just like at Cova’s Milan flagship. Beyond the spectacle, check out an all-new nano cakes collection and Neapolitan sourdough pizzas served appropriately charred from the oven.