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The Doctor’s Residence – successor to gin joint Dr. Fern’s – has opened at The Pottinger Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 27-29

New cocktail bar Gossip opens at Foco, Dr. Fern’s Gin Parlour returns as The Doctor’s Residence, and the second edition of Nicola’s Night lands at Terrible Baby.

Food and Drinks

Hongkonger wins 2025 Bartenders’ Bartender Award from Asia’s 50 Best Bars

New Openings

Hong Kong’s new openings, from a Japanese bar to a pastry pop-up

Your Perfect Week

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, June 22-28

Sample sustainable, seasonal dishes at Feuille, enjoy SummerFest on the harbour, hit the Green Room for cocktails and take in the West End’s Life of Pi.

The stage version of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi will be performed at the Grand Theatre of the West Kowloon Cultural District on June 26-29. Photo: Beijing One World Culture Communications Co., Ltd.
India

UK Scotch whisky makers cheer news of FTA with India, eye expansion

Foreign competitors eyeing the world’s biggest whisky market can expect stiff competition from Indian makers, industry players say.

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Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Argo Martini at Argo

Ahead of World Martini Day, we take a look at the signature from Argo at the Four Seasons Hong Kong – a twist on the classic cocktail that will appeal to first-timers and seasoned drinkers alike.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 20-22

New music hub Aer opens, Ella launches a Louisiana-inspired menu, and Osaka’s Craftroom takes over The Opposites for cocktails.

The Wet Crescent Martini, at Hong Kong’s Ella at The Trilogy, is a creation from the bar’s new Louisiana Gold menu. Photo: Handout
Vietnam

Tears for cheers: Vietnam to raise alcohol tax to 90% by 2031

The new move adds to the challenges facing the beer industry, led by Heineken, Carlsberg and local brewers Sabeco and Habeco.

Your Perfect Week

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, June 15-21

Try caviar tasting at Qura Bar, listen to local bands at Ko Shan Fest, savour Cantonese liquor cocktails, and enjoy a Brazilian culture festival.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 13-15

From a music festival to a fashion pop-up to a sound therapy course to sipping wine paired with music, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

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ThinkWine’s Vinyl & Wine nights take place monthly. Photo: ThinkWine
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 13-15

This weekend, experience a six-hands guest shift at the St Regis, try creative cocktails at Hong Kong’s new Ginza-style bar, and explore nature-inspired drinks with Caprice Bar’s new menu.

Madara in Causeway Bay is Hong Kong’s newest Ginza-style cocktail bar. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 13-15

Celebrate Father’s Day with your meat-loving dad at Morton’s, or head to Rosewood for Spanish specials and Tai Kwun for spice-driven dishes.

China manufacturing

Baijiu blues and plum pickings: tastes of China’s Gen Z rewrite liquor industry

Young Chinese are driving a shift from the traditional white spirit to fruity, lower-alcohol beverages, in a sign of as evolving lifestyles.

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What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 6-8

From the ultimate celebration of cocktails to ballet, Thai massage and a Lane Crawford pop-up, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

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Egg cups by Anya Life are among items including espresso cups, tea pots, butter dishes, and salt and pepper shakers available at the Anya Life pop-up at its Hong Kong outlet at the IFC Mall in Central. Photo: Lane Crawford
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 6-8

From fresh takes on classic sips at C108 to can’t-miss guest shifts at Bar Leone and The Aubrey, here’s where to drink this Friday to Sunday.

Say Cheese, a riff on the boulevardier and the negroni, is part of Creator’s Point of View, the new menu at C108 in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Luxury travel

Visiting Venice for the biennale? Here’s how to avoid the tourist traps

From dazzling displays of design, art and architecture, to the best cicchetti spots and a characterful boutique hotel with Venetian Lagoon views, this is how to do the Biennale in style.

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Redemption at Orchard

The Hong Kong bar’s take on the negroni uses prune brandy to accent notes of strawberry, chocolate and hazelnut.

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What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 31-June 1

From a celebration of artisan Korean liquors to Wes Anderson’s latest film The Phoenician Scheme, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

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South Korean beauty brant Glint has arrived in Hong Kong, available exclusively at Sephora.
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 30 – June 1

Bid farewell to Stockton, enjoy the Hong Kong Whisky Festival, and celebrate The Savory Project’s anniversary with Native’s unique cocktails.

Food and Drinks

The Japanese distilleries fuelling craft gin’s ‘unstoppable’ rise

In Japan, distillers are making gin with home-grown ingredients as the spirit gains fans. Could it rival whisky and shochu’s popularity?

Asia travel

Nashik, India’s answer to Napa Valley, becomes a tourist draw

Near Mumbai, Nashik’s award-winning vineyards and holy sites draw visitors after something beyond the Taj Mahal as Indian wine tourism booms.

Wine and crisps served in Nashik, India. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks

Tokyo bartender’s graffiti-themed cocktails inspired by his travels

Hideyuki Saito conjured memories of ‘incredible’ street art for the cocktails on his new menu at Tokyo Edition Toranomon hotel’s Gold Bar.

A cocktail from Hideyuki Saito’s Graffiti menu. Photo: Tokyo Edition Toranomon
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 23-25

Drinks on a rooftop in Kai Tak, award-winning brews from Chicago, and a dive bar from Orchard’s Alex Pun.

Food and Drinks

From ‘world’s best pizza’ to cocktail making, bartender’s TV tour of Japan

Mr Lyan’s Taste Trips explores the food and drink scene in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo in its first episode, and host creates a Japanese cocktail.

Food and Drinks

Language Matters | How whisky took its name from the Gaelic ‘water of life’

‘Whiskie shall put our brains in rage’, a phrase in a 1715 book, marked the first appearance in English of the term for the distilled drink.

Whisky is a word derived from the Gaelic for “water of life”. A similar Medieval Latin term, aqua vitae, is the root of the French “eau de vie”, a brandy that, like whisky, is distilled. Photo: iStockphotos/Getty Images
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 16-18

A gin extravaganza at PMQ, a talk about ageing well followed by a run or walk, opera, and a luxury handbag pop-up await you this weekend.

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Ginsanity is back at PMQ. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Smoky Manhattan at Mizunara

The Wan Chai bar injects extra depth to the classic cocktail with precision techniques and innovative spirit pairings.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 16-18

From Ling Chan’s guest shift at Serendipity and a gin-filled experience at PMQ, to a special evening with Ajit Gurung and Nokoy Mak in Macau.

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