The streets are full, the airport is buzzing and visitors are returning. That’s right, our home town is back in business. And what better way to celebrate than by sipping on a cocktail inspired by the city we love at five of its best bars?
Best Hong Kong-inspired cocktails
THE DISPENSARY’S CHILLI HAW MARGARITA
The Dispensary lives up to its name with eight new cocktails inspired by ancient Chinese and Western remedies. The Chilli Haw Margarita is an ode to Chinese medicine, featuring Don Julio Tequila Blanco with passion fruit, vanilla, chilli spices and lime. Haw flakes were traditionally used a tasty snack for kids, and adults still use them alongside Chinese medicine to help hide the bitter taste of herbs. The novelty doesn’t end there either: the quirky cocktail is served in a bespoke mini can that’s packed with a kick of spice and topped with a combination of tropical and sour notes.
10 Hollywood Road
OVOLO SOUTHSIDE’S EXOTIC SUMMER
Ovolo Southside has joined forces with local distillery N.I.P Gin to create Informal Affairs, a pop-up rooftop bar inspired by Hong Kong in the 1990s and early 2000s. Of course, the themed bar offers a variety of locally inspired cocktails, but we suggest starting with the Exotic Summer, consisting of gin, raspberry and passionfruit shrub citrus, Bergamot tonic and Scrappy’s Bitters Firewater. Anchored by locally grown perfume lemons, the N.I.P Exotic City Gin used in this fruity and refreshing concoction highlights Hong Kong’s underrated local produce and agriculture.
64 Wong Chuk Hang Road
TERRIBLE BABY’S DONG LING CHA
A dedicated neon-lit escalator transports you to Jordan hot spot Terrible Baby at Eaton HK, where a lush outdoor terrace and stunning skyline views await. If that isn’t sufficiently “Hong Kong” for you, be sure to try the signature cocktail Dong Ling Cha, made up of cold brew-infused dark rum, Campari and grapefruit juice, topped up with Hong Kong’s own Vita Sparkling Lemon Tea.
380 Nathan Road
MOTT32’S HONG KONG ICED TEA
Mott32 may be best known for its famed Royal Cut Peking Duck, but on the drinks menu it’s the restaurant’s signature Hong Kong Iced Tea cocktail that deserves all the praise. Made with Blanco tequila, Lillet Blanc, blackcurrant and jasmine tea, the refreshing mixed drink is not only a local hit, but an international one too. Featuring on Mott32 menus internationally, the Hong Kong Iced Tea can now be enjoyed in Bangkok, Dubai, Las Vegas and Seoul.
Standard Chartered Bank Building, 4-4A Des Voeux Road
ROOM 3’S ANANAS EPICÉ
Room 3 may be Japanese themed, but the contemporary Tsim Sha Tsui gastrobar recently updated its menu with four unique cocktails celebrating classic Hong Kong culinary attractions. The venue’s new Ode to Hong Kong Hedonistic Pleasures collection pays homage to the city’s eclectic food and drinks heritage, including pineapple juice with crushed ice. Comprising Tried & True vodka, kaffir peel, pineapple, yuzu and American spice, the new Ananas Epicé puts an elevated (and boozy) spin on a much-loved local classic.
H Zentre, 15 Middle Road
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