In continuation of the annual "Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival", the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has partnered with nearly 400 restaurants and bars across the city to present the "Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival - Taste the City," a month-long culinary extravaganza that will spread the feast throughout the city.
Mixologists from 60 local bars, including those from "Asia's 50 Best Bars", used "Hong Kong" as creative inspiration, local themes and unique local materials to create 120 special items for the "Drink! Hong Kong" Bar Festival Cocktails are prepared to create the ultimate delicious cocktail for tourists and local wine lovers.
The bars participating in this year's "Drink! Hong Kong" establishments have come up with a range of unique concepts, trying to merge the traditional with the creative and add features of Hong Kong. These include the "Healthy Monkey", a herbal tea cocktail based on whiskey and "herbal tea" kudzu water at Library Restaurant and Bar in Tsim Sha Tsui, and the "Cocktail with HK Inspiration" and "Signature Cocktail" at Alibi - Wine Dine Be Social in Mongkok. Visitors can also enjoy the signature cocktails at the bar at a special price of HK$280 for a package of 8 tokens.
Two Recommended Routes of "Drink! Hong Kong"
Kowloon
After enjoying "A Symphony of Lights" at 8 pm every night, start off in Tsim Sha Tsui with a refreshing 7up with preserved salted lime flavored cocktail at Cha chaan teng, then move on to the coconut milk and bitter gourd flavored "Herbal Tea Cocktail", before heading to Mongkok via Nathan Road for a celebratory ginger and vinegar flavored cocktail that will keep you slightly tipsy for the rest of the weekend.
Nathan Left, Tsim Sha Tsui - "Salted Lemon Sprite" (Token required: 3)
Salty, sour and refreshing with fruity notes of grapefruit, citrus and lemon.
Library Restaurant and Bar, Tsim Sha Tsui - "Healthy Monkey" (Token required: 4)
It starts with a smooth texture of coconut milk, followed by the salty flavor of wild kudzu water and whisky aroma, with a bitter gourd aftertaste on the finish.
Alibi - Wine Dine Be Social, Mongkok - "Goeng P" (Token required: 4)
Sweet and sour with a slight spiciness, specially made with pineapple soda to create a foamy, rounded taste.
Hong Kong Island
After disembarking at the Wan Chai Ferry Pier on the Star Ferry, walk through the Golden Bauhinia Square to the Wan Chai waterfront for a spicy tomato cocktail, then walk along the waterfront to Central near the Observation Wheel for an autumnal roasted chestnut cocktail, and then take the escalator up to Gage Street for a taste of old Hong Kong with the flavor of tangerine peel and ginger honey.
The St. Regis Bar, Wan Chai - "Canto Mary" (Token required: 4)
Sour, salty and spicy, with a hint of tomato flavor that evokes the feeling of borscht.
Argo, Central - "The Pottinger Highball" (Token required: 5)
The aroma of smoked nuts against the sweet malt whisky is just right for autumn.
Orchard, Central - "Fragrant Habour" (Token required: 3)
The sweetness of the ginger syrup and the fragrance of the tangerine peel bring out the mellow flavor of the brandy.
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