The best things to do indoors during a typhoon in Hong Kong

Having a hard time booking through food delivery apps? Head for your fridge and check out all the containers you've stashed with leftovers. The key is to think of leftover food as ingredients. Wrap that extra stir-fried noodles in spring roll sheets and fry up some yummy spring rolls. Use steamed or grilled vegetables into a frittata, or blend them with tomatoes to make a flavourful sauce for pasta, or heat it up as a creamy soup. 

Cook up a storm with your good ol' instant noodles. To help you up that noodle game, we've put together some tasty ideas on how you can instantly upgrade your noodles. And no, it's not just eggs and ham. Click below for some inpiration. 

Make this downtime an excuse to binge-watch that show that you have been saving on your watchlist. 

For Hong Kong-made flicks, we got you covered with Hong Kong's best romcoms, the best of Stephen Chow's movies, the 20 best martial arts movies, and the 100 best Hong Kong movies of all time. 

Ah, one of our favourite pastimes. When you're trapped indoors for hours on end, arguably the best way to kill time is to go hard on the mahjong table. A couple of rounds of mahjong can easily last for hours – for those who don't know, four games make up one round. The hardest part might be to get four players together, especially if you have friends or family who live far away. Perhaps this is the perfect time to make friends with your neighbours?

Unplug from your devices and spend some family time together playing board games. Dig out old favourites like Game of Life, Cluedo and Twister or try to annihilate each other in a game of Monopoly. Whip out a deck of cards and deal out a few rounds of poker or the Hong Kong favourite, Big Two, and ruin friendships. For more board game ideas, hit up this list. 

The pandemic taught us that we don't have to be outside or with anyone to bring the party to our homes. So, hit up your friend on video call for some at-home happy hour. Mix and match all the half-empty bottles of liquor you have lying around and turn to your kitchen for the perfect ingredients already available within your reach. Click below to see seven kitchen ingredients you can use to make cocktails. 

There's no better opportunity than when you're stuck at home to finish up that novel or biography you've been meaning to conquer. Get that old book you have lying around somewhere, or download some of these books to help you escape reality. 

Grab the Joy-Cons and go for games that blend fitness and fun indoors. Keep yourself active at home with some of the best Nintendo Switch games that will get those calories burning.

That pile of unnecessary crap you've been amassing in the corner has never been more obvious. The kitchen cabinet probably needs cleaning out. We've all got that chair piled with clothes that really ought to be going to the laundry. And when was the last time you cleaned the back of the television? Here's a perfect opportunity to do your best Snow White impression and tidy up the place.

If the bad weather ruined your schedule, don't let it get to you. Use this sweet time to plan your next adventure. We've compiled some fun adrenaline-pumping activities for those up for a challenge. You can also discover the thrilling outdoor sport of coasteering or canyoning. Click below to see where to start your adventure as a beginner.