Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 23-25

Get the Chinese New Year party started with mixology collabs at Mizunara: The Library and Avoca at the Mondrian, and a vinyl and natural wine pop-up at La Cabane

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Lion Cheng of Wan Chai outfit Dirty Laundry and Marco Tam of Zendo Cafe are taking over the bar at Mizunara: The Library on January 23. Photo: Handout

Published: 6:00pm, 22 Jan 2025Updated: 6:01pm, 22 Jan 2025

We’re just a week away from the Year of the Snake – so for those looking to ease themselves back into the drinks scene and take advantage of the five-day long weekend that includes three public holidays, here are some can’t-misses for the coming weekend. Mizunara hosts local mixologists Dirty Laundry and Zendo Cafe, while Avoca brings in The Spirits Library from Manila. But if cocktails aren’t for you, pop-up vinyl purveyor Bad Times Records is hosting a fair at La Cabane, for those looking for a natural wine and record fix.

Thursday, January 23

Mizunara: The Library hosts Dirty Laundry, Zendo Cafe

Lion Cheng of Dirty Laundry is slinging libations at Mizunara: The Library on January 23. Photo: Handout

What: With five consecutive days off around the corner, there could hardly be a better way to ignite the party spirit than by seeing Lion Cheng of Wan Chai outfit Dirty Laundry and Marco Tam of Zendo Cafe take over the bar at Mizunara: The Library. The night should offer an intriguing take on Mizunara’s strait-laced Ginza-style approach to mixology, with Cheng and Tam slinging libations based on Yamazakura blended whisky and Little Kiss tea shochu liqueur.

Where: Mizunara: The Library, 4/F, Kiu Yin Commercial Building, 361-363 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai

When: 7pm – 11pm

Friday, January 24

Avoca x The Spirits Library

Avoca bar at the Mondrian Hong Kong has a collab with Manila’s The Spirits Library on January 24. Photo: Handout

What: For your Friday night, head over to Tsim Sha Tsui as Avoca at the Mondrian hosts The Spirits Library all the way from Manila, a “purveyor of rare bottles, books and bar paraphernalia”. On the night, mixologists Ralph Allen Santos and Mark Edward Valencia Reyes will craft signatures like a tropical Ramos Gin Fizz with a pineapple liqueur, and the Manila Leap Frog, combining Matusalem rum with apricot brandy and a granada cordial.

Where: Avoca, 38/F, Mondrian Hong Kong, 8A Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui

When: 8pm – 11pm

Saturday, January 25

Bad Times Records x La Cabane

Wine meets vinyl at La Cabane Wine Cellar on Shin Hing Street, Central. Photo: Handout