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Drink in Focus

Drink in Focus
Uncover the secrets behind Hong Kong’s most celebrated drinks. 100 Top Tables’ Drink in Focus series explores the inspiration, ingredients and artistry behind Hong Kong’s most legendary libations.
Fortune Chai at Orchard reimagines the tradition of drinking tea with dim sum in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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How nostalgia inspired Orchard’s Fortune Chai cocktail

The city’s yum cha tradition, a bartender’s chai memories and a fortune cookie garnish come together in this silky, spice-tinged Armagnac cocktail.

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Drink in Focus: Gyokuro Melon Punch at Fello

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Drink in Focus: Trinidad Sour at Bar Tincture

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Drink in Focus: Five Flower Tea at Clan & Company

The bar’s co-founder Dennis Mak hopes the floral, fizzy herbal tea-based cocktail can ‘heal’ drinkers with peace and nostalgia.

Clan & Company’s Five Flower Tea. Photo: Handout
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Drink in Focus: Broth & Soul at Argo

Argo’s bartender Wesley Lui and Big JJ founder Peter Pang collaborated on a cocktail that captures the essence of hotpot, inspired by comforting tomato and potato soup.

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Drink in Focus: Daiquiri El Cáscara at Sugar King

Hong Kong’s Cuban neighbourhood bar goes meta with a stripped-back daiquiri that nods to the classic drink’s roots.

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Drink in Focus: Bamboo at Bar Anima

The bar’s signature cocktail, a classic reimagined with dry sherry, vermouth and bitters, also highlights the evolution of Hong Kong mixology.

The Bamboo is one of Bar Anima’s signature cocktails. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
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Drink in Focus: Apple Cooler at Bar Oasis

Made from green apple, caraway cordial and tequila blanco with jalapeño, this refreshing cocktail is a lighter alternative to the bar’s Spicy Tequila.

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Drink in Focus: Lee cocktail at The Green Door

The Lee drink at The Green Door – part of a new menu in collaboration with local indie band Mr Koo – pays tribute to cornbread and the Gold Rush.

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Drink in Focus: Wattleseed cocktail at Bourke’s

Peel Street’s Bourke’s has just launched a new drinks menu, with the Wattleseed cocktail paying tribute to the native Australian ingredient.

Bourke’s Wattleseed cocktail is part of the Australian bar’s new drinks menu, in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 9-11

Pony & Plume hosts a guest mixologist, Honky Tonks unveils new spring cocktails, and Bad Times Records offers wine and vinyl for its Steps party.

Sunlover from from Honky Tonks Tavern’s spring cocktail menu. Photo: Handout
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Drink in Focus: Tropical Spicy Brew at Friday After Class

Friday After Class, one of the latest additions to buzzing Peel Street, is launching a new cocktail menu that features fruity, tropical creations that evoke summer holidays.

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Drink in Focus: DDL Old Fashioned at Terrible Baby

Bar manager Axel Gonzalez reimagines a classic cocktail with his Argentinian roots, Conspiracy Chocolate, Ezra Brooks and Michter’s rye at Eaton HK.

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Drink in Focus: ‘Water’ at Caprice Bar at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong

The drink, inspired by the Hugo Spritz, combines the delicate minerality of oyster leaf-infused St-Germain Elderflower liqueur and champagne.

Caprice Bar in Hong Kong’s Four Seasons is known for its innovative take on cocktails. Photo: Nicholas Wong Sixteen Photography
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Drink in Focus: Off Wave at Dead Poets

The shochu-based cocktail, part of the bar’s Liquid Gallery menu, is inspired by Hokusai’s art and blends Japanese flavours.

Off Wave, from Dead Poets’ latest menu Liquid Gallery, is inspired by a Hokusai print. Photo: Handout
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Drink in Focus: Durian’s Consent at Peridot

Peridot concocts what might be Hong Kong’s boldest cocktail, which delicately blends the divisive fruit’s creamy flavours with a shochu-rum fusion.

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Drink in focus: Egg Waffle cocktail at Avoca

Avoca at Mondrian Hong Kong renders the classic snack in cocktail form with Michter’s whiskey, Advocaat and more.

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Drink in Focus: Tomatoberry Tree at Gokan

Built on a split base of gin and shochu, this nuanced cocktail was created to mimic the architecture of a tomato tree, from trunk to leaf.

The Tomatoberry Tree at Gokan in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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Drink in Focus: Bancha & Chestnut Alexander at Madara

A creamy, earthy, tea-infused twist on the classic brandy Alexander, this cocktail evokes Hong Kong’s famous winter chestnut carts.

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Drink in Focus: Like-Minded Creatures at The Old Man

Cutting-edge technology and carefully chosen ingredients elevate the earthiness of this cocktail to refined heights.

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Drink in Focus: Guk Bou at Draft Land

At Draft Land, chrysanthemum, puer tea and gin combine in a drink that’s dark and herbaceous yet refreshingly light.

The Guk Bou cocktail at Draftland is a must-try. Photo: Handout
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Drink in Focus: Hobnail at The Pontiac

The Pontiac just celebrated 10 years on Old Bailey Street – and we break down its most iconic drink, the Hobnail.

The Pontiac’s signature Hobnail is a whiskey-based cocktail. Photo: Handout
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Drink in Focus: Tall Pine cocktail at Tell Camelia

Made with sencha tea – which is known for its umami depth – the Tall Pine cocktail features a crisp, sweet and sour finish.

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Drink in focus: Fig leaf negroni at Bar Leone

With earthy fig leaf notes and a crisp, bitter kick, Bar Leone’s fig leaf negroni is pure aperitivo bliss.

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Drink in focus: Gin & Apple at Mius

The Gin & Apple – made with pandan, coconut and apple soda – offers a refreshing riff that’s perfect for Hong Kong’s sultry autumn.

The Gin & Apple at Mius is tart, refreshing and far too easy to drink. Photo: Handout
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Drink in Focus: Chinmoku at The Aubrey

This subtle yet effortlessly elegant cocktail combines gin and shochu as a base to allow umami nori flavours to tease the palate.

The Chinmoku from The Aubrey’s new The Art of Shibumi menu. Photo: Handout
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Drink in Focus: Montana Daiquiri at Montana

At Montana, the new Cuban-inspired bar in Hong Kong, the humble daiquiri gets a fruity, flavourful twist from two world-renowned bartenders.

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Drink in Focus: Mole Negroni at Coa Hong Kong

Jay Khan puts an unusual spin on the classic negroni, drawing inspiration from the spicy-chocolatey mole negro sauce of Mexico’s Oaxaca region.

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