Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 17-19
Thursday, April 17
Wing Lei Bar x Honky Tonks Tavern
Wing Lei Bar's new head mixologist Mark Lloyd is visiting Hong Kong from Macau for a guest shift at Honky Tonks Tavern on April 17. Photo: Handout
What: Mark Lloyd, newly minted head mixologist at the revamped Wing Lei Bar at Wynn Palace in Macau, comes to Hong Kong for a gauntlet of guest shifts this Easter weekend. The Scotland native brings a CV of venues from Bangkok, Shanghai and more to three of our most rambunctious venues, hitting
Mark Lloyd, newly minted head mixologist at the revamped Wing Lei Bar at Wynn Palace in Macau, comes to Hong Kong for a gauntlet of guest shifts this Easter weekend. The Scotland native brings a CV of venues from Bangkok, Shanghai and more to three of our most rambunctious venues, hitting
Honky Tonks Tavern on Thursday, Artifact on Friday and Soho House on Saturday. Visit any of these venues to get a taste of Wing Lei Bar right here on our home turf.
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Where: Honky Tonks Tavern, Pak Tsz Lane Park, 1 Pak Tse Lane, Central
When: 7pm-11pm
Friday, April 18
Bar Long Fong x Penicillin
Penicillin in Hong Kong welcomes Bar Long Fong co-founders Xu and Fan from Beijing on April 18. Photo: Handout
What: Heading down south all the way from Beijing are co-founders Xu and Fan of Bar Long Fong, who take over our very own
Heading down south all the way from Beijing are co-founders Xu and Fan of Bar Long Fong, who take over our very own
Penicillin this Friday! Bar Long Fong is known for its contemporary approach to cocktails, often combining multiple base liquors with unusual modifiers. That includes whiskey and two types of huangjiu with blackened banana and almond for their Banana, Almond & Huangjiu cocktail, or pisco, gin and whiskey with six types of seeds or nuts for their Francis Albert's Daily Nuts – both off their current Simple Drink menu.
Where: Penicillin, LG/F, Amber Lodge, 23 Hollywood Road, Central
When: 7pm-9pm
Saturday, April 19
The Cocktail Club x C108
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