Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 19-21

Enjoy a feast at Honky Tonks Tavern, indulge in Dr Seuss cocktails at Singular Concepts’ venues, and wrap up the holiday with some final drinks at DarkSide

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Yurakucho’s Merry Mischief Midori as part of Singular Concept’s The Grinch Who Stole Cocktails event. Photo: Handout

Published: 6:15pm, 18 Dec 2024

There’s no shortage of pre-Christmas festivities to revel in this weekend. Stop by Honky Tonks Tavern for prime winter holiday fare, or drink more than your heart can take bar crawling through Singular Concept’s array of “Grinch-mas” drinks. Or simply savour the weekend sipping classic festive cocktails at one of Hong Kong’s best bars.

Thursday, December 19

Honky Christmas Hootenanny

Head to Honky Tonks Tavern in Central, Hong Kong, for further pre-Christmas celebrations. Photo: Edmond So

What: It’s never too early to celebrate Christmas, and for those looking to get into the spirit early, Honky Tonks Tavern has you covered this Thursday with their pre-emptive Christmas Hootenanny. From 5pm till closing, Honky Tonks Tavern is serving festive dishes such as turkey legs, deep-fried Snickers bars and a Tater Tot casserole in partnership with Impossible Foods.

When: 5pm till late

Where: Honky Tonks Tavern, Man Hing Lane, Central

Friday, December 20

Singular Concepts – “The Grinch Who Stole Cocktails”

What: Step into Dr Seuss’ Christmas world. Singular Concepts has your pre-Christmas Friday all planned out with cocktails inspired by Whoville and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Enjoy winter warmers like the Daily Tot’s Grinchmas Rum-ish Coffee (spiced rum, coffee, sugar, pandan cream) or the Whoville Winter Warmer at Ella (Irish whiskey, spiced gin, red wine, cranberry, cinnamon).

If you’re craving tea flavours, check out the Cindy Lou Who-Tea at Tell Camellia for a play on matcha, or the Merry Mischief Midori at Yurakucho which plays with butter-washed gin and genmaicha.

Barcode, Barkada and other sister concepts all have festive offerings ready, so consider your Friday night sorted. For all those eager to have their fill of Christmas spirits, Singular is offering a stamp card that, for HK$720, covers you for eight Christmas cocktails (so HK$90 per drink) across its seven participating venues.

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