Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for November 20-22
Pack your weekend with special cocktail offerings, from socially conscious drinks at Socio to a Shakespeare-inspired menu at Madara
It’s a weekend of meticulous signatures. The Opposites hosts Showa-era Tainanese tea cocktail specialist Bar Lonely, while Madara unveils a new selection of signatures inspired by Shakespeare that features Japanese gins and liqueurs. Also offering bold new concoctions is Socio, which has expanded its menu as well as the number of neighbourhood partners to 16, continuing to reduce waste ingredients across Central.
Thursday, November 20
The Opposites x Bar Lonely
Where: LG/F, Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Road, Central
When: 8pm-11pm
Friday, November 21
Madara pays tribute to the Bard
At Madara in Causeway Bay, the Ginza-inspired concept expands its menu to include several new concoctions based on popular plays by William Shakespeare. Co-founder Rayven Leung and his team leverage the bar’s already keen expertise on tea and fruit cocktails in concoctions like the Musk Rose – Capricious Beauty, inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the flower’s connection to the Fairy Queen. The drink features a Wa Bi Gin The Forest along with The Herbalist Yaso’s Absinthe prototype03.
Of course, no Shakespeare signature list is complete without a Romeo and Juliet cocktail, for which Madara answers with the Rose – A Rose by Any Other Name, inspired by Juliet’s monologue about names, fragrance, romance and destiny. This concoction uses the Wa Bi Gin Damask Rose and combines it with Liqueur De The Jossie Mate and fresh Japanese strawberries for a sweeter palate that packs a punch.
Where: 16/F, Circle Tower, 28 Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay
When: 5pm-1am