55 Instagram captions for Hong Kong

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4 Jun

I first landed in Hong Kong in 2016, fresh into my first contract assignment working on a cruise ship. It was chaotic, loud, and completely overwhelming.

Since then, I’ve passed through Hong Kong more times than I can count. Hong Kong is technically part of China, though it honestly deserves its own conversation – I have a separate post on that.

Every visit still gives me something: a quiet Star Ferry crossing, a neon-lit alley I somehow missed before, or a bowl of wonton noodles that makes everything feel briefly, perfectly okay.

Whether you're looking for Hong Kong captions for Instagram, a few Hong Kong puns, or some Hong Kong quotes, I hope you find something here that fits.

Fair warning: they are either brilliant or terrible depending on your sense of humour. I'll let you decide.

The best Hong Kong captions for your Instagram posts

Food & drink

You dim sum, you lose some
Hong Kong has me won ton more
It’s all cheung fun and games until someone orders the wrong thing
In a serious relationship with milk tea. No, a relai-cha-ship.
Yuenyeung: because choosing between coffee and tea is a decision I refuse to make
Bao down when you finally find the perfect pineapple bun
There is no pineapple in a pineapple bun. Hong Kong just does things differently.
Peking ducking amazing
Sharing a table with three strangers just to get my roast goose fix
Hong Kong: cha-ching and cha chaan teng
A cha chaan teng is a fast-food restaurant where the "fast" also refers to how quickly they'd like you to leave so the next person can sit down
If you haven't burned your tongue on a spicy fish ball while standing on a crowded street corner, did you even come here?

Getting around

Keep calm and Ding Ding on
Tram-endous views ahead
I tram what I tram
At the MTR station currently playing a high-stakes game of ”Which Exit is Actually Near My Destination?”
Navigating the Mong Kok MTR station is the final boss level of Hong Kong life
If you haven't mastered the MTR lean without holding a pole, are you even a local?
Forget the credit card. In Hong Kong, the Octopus is the real flex.
Octopussed around the city all day
M-goi-ing to the MTR now

The skyline

It’s a sign (in Chinese neon)
If you didn't photograph the skyline, did you even go to Hong Kong?
Harbouring some feelings for this view
Victoria peaks for itself
Peak-a-boo, I see you, Hong Kong.
Who needs the Peak Tram when you have stubbornness and a high heart rate?
High on Hong Kong (literally at Sky100)
Star Ferry: the only yacht I can afford to board in this city
Promenade-ing my way through life

Neighbourhood one-liners

Soho glad I came
Sheung Wan-der at a time
Wan Chai? Wan love
Tsimply the best
Mong Kok and roll
Sham Shui Pro at bargain hunting
Kowloon me softly
Causeway Bay – causeway baylong together
Lamma stay a little longer
Finally got my feng and my shui in order

Hong Kong observations

It's called the Ladies Market, but it's actually a gender-neutral paradise for anyone who enjoys haggling over "I ❤️ HK" t-shirts
Kowloon Baywatching. The harbour views are free. The apartments facing them are not.
Lamma Island: where your schedule is entirely dictated by the ferry timetable
Planes used to land here. Now, I do.
Kai Tak: from runway to art-way
Kai Tak me back to simpler times
Tsim Sha Tsui goes all out for Christmas. Tsim-ply the most wonderful time of the year.
The old runway is now a cruise terminal that looks like a futuristic spaceship. Progress is strange.

Feelings & moods

Locked in at +852
Dim sum-body special
You make my heart go ding ding (like the tram)
Cantonese is a colourful language full of surprises. Learn one word, accidentally say three others.
Keep calm and tap on. But first, tea.
Hong Kong photo dump-ling
Dim sum-where between loving it and leaving it