以赤道為名的厄瓜多，國境內有三座海拔 5000 公尺以上的高山，終年積雪。山脈以東，熱帶雨林氣候濕熱，生態詭譎，鮮有人居，唯厄瓜多原住民居於此地；達爾文群島則奇妙生態猶在，是加拉巴哥象龜、加拉巴哥陸鬣蜥及加拉巴哥企鵝的棲地；南安地斯山脈以西的太平洋沿海地區則盛產香蕉及漁貨，厄國第一大城暨最大商港惠夜基市（Guayaquil）、世界最大香蕉與海蝦出口港馬恰拉（Machala）皆位在此地，商旅往來繁盛。
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用香港的霓虹街道，構築一場華麗中國夢：獻給好萊塢的月下浮華，MISS WONG 餐館
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_mp4=”” video_webm=”” video_ogv=”” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_color=”” video_preview_image=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” padding_right=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding_top=”” padding_right=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”true” min_height=”” hover_type=”none” link=”” first=”true”][fusion_text]大紅燈籠高掛的妖魅富貴，是調兒的吟唱、閃爍的好萊塢鎂光燈，以及 20 世紀初美國熏人而難以消散的白人至上主義。黃柳霜（Anna May Wong）是唯三在好萊塢星光大道上留名的華人影星暨唯一的華人女性。她沒有根，沒有宿，因自身的璀璨留名，卻無奈因從前好萊塢賦予的角色形象而受當時的中國排斥，別世於寂極的酗酒肝硬化。
女巫的魅惑，凝結 400 年的中古世紀悲歌與羅曼：The Witchery by the Castle
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一杯咖啡，一次小聚，一座城市裡的秘境花園：曼谷 Small Talk Cafe
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舌尖上的味覺實驗：香港咖啡學者 The Coffee Academïcs
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粗獷裡的簡潔優雅：神戶咖啡館 Voice of Coffee
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一頂帽子，從一個男孩的黑色電影夢開始織起：芝加哥百年消防場的製帽工坊，OPTIMO
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Photography/ Tom Rossiter & Tom Fowler & AJ Trela .
All Images Courtesy of SOM.
All Images Courtesy of SOM.
OPTIMO，也許你對這名字有些陌生，其手工訂製帽的魅力席捲美國，從 20 世紀極具影響力的藍調傳奇歌手 John Lee Hooker，再到當代性格演員 Johnny Depp 在電影《頭號公敵》（Public Enemies）都戴著它。歷時 25 年的男士手工帽品牌 OPTIMO，在時光的洪流中擁有一份對美國好萊塢黃金時代的緬懷，它是傳統工藝的傳承，亦是手工訂製帽的最高榮譽，還是一個男孩心中的黑色電影夢（Film noir）。
自城市中心發芽，建築上的小樹之歌：House for Trees
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喝一杯調酒？不，喝一組經典歌單：醉倒在叢林異境的法蘭克辛納屈，雅典酒吧 Drunk Sinatra ＆Rehab
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邊界之上，游過藍天與浮世：The Wall House
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