Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 16-18
Bid adieu to Dr Fern’s Gin Parlour, indulge in a new menu at Bar Q88, and celebrate Kinsman’s first anniversary with a special cocktail event
We are exactly halfway between the start of the Gregorian New Year and the Lunar New Year – so before everyone returns home for the festivities or dashes off on another holiday, here are a few ideas for how to spend the weekend. Say farewell to one of Hong Kong’s best purveyors of gin, take in a new menu from the quiet and refurbished surrounds of Bar Q88 in Admiralty, and celebrate one year of Hong Kong-inspired flavours at Kinsman.
Thursday, January 16
Dr Fern’s Gin Parlour – the doctor’s final prescription
What: Dr Fern’s Gin Parlour announced its imminent closure on January 25 earlier this month, joining a series of farewells from some of our favourite bars in Hong Kong over the last few months – the likes of PDT, MO Bar and Room 309.
To mark the end of eight years at the Landmark, the gin outpost has announced a series of “final prescriptions” from guest mixologists, starting with Lio Yao, co-founder of Shanghai’s highly regarded Union Trading Company, on January 16.
It is the first of three prime opportunities to bid farewell to one of Hong Kong’s best outposts for gin. Other local guest mixologists include Paul Chan of St. Regis Bar on January 18, and Gerry Olino from Soho House on January 24.
Where: B/F, Landmark Atrium, The Landmark, 15 Queen’s Road Central, Central
When: 8pm – late
Friday, January 17
Flavours – a new menu for a new-look Bar Q88
