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At Avoca, <a href="http://destinasian.com/hong-kong-hotels-mondrian-hong-kong?DestinAsian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mondrian Hong Kong</a>’s spiffy 38th-floor bar, you’re far less likely to choose the wrong drink. That’s because the lineup of signature cocktails comes as a rack of numbered vials to be sprayed onto tester strips, on your hand, or even into your mouth. All channel <a href="https://destinasian.com/category/hong-kong">Hong Kong</a> food culture in creative ways. Chinese bacon imparts a smoother feel and smokier taste to the Bourbon whiskey–based Lap Yuk Old Fashioned; Shaoxing huadiao wine, house-pickled Chinese onion, and gin from local craft distiller N.I.P. come together in the HK Gibson. The nutty Sesame &amp; Peanut Butter Sour recalls steamed rice rolls at breakfast, while the 3:15pm Martini is an alcoholic ode to the yuenyeung coffee milk tea enjoyed at cha chaan teng diners—there’s even a mini pineapple bun as a garnish.
In the mood for something savory? The clarified LGM Mary is a lighter-bodied but no less punchy Bloody Mary; Los Arcos Blanco tequila gets a hit of lingering heat from Lao Gan Ma chili sauce, and the complex flavor is met with a spritz of mezcal and upcycled tomato salt. If you’re in Avoca at 8 p.m., park yourself at a window-side table to watch the nightly light show, when lasers flash and the towers of Hong Kong Island blink in tandem. —James Louie
<a href="https://mondrianhotels.com/hong-kong/dining/avoca/?DestinAsian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mondrianhotels.com</a> 
+852 3550 0338 
<a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pa3CDnyPQCsB7QZ98" target="_blank" rel="noopener">38/F, Mondrian Hong Kong, 8A Hart Ave., Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong</a>

The 3:15 Martini is garnished with a mini pineapple bun; an armchair at Avoca Hong Kong.

Avoca: Cocktails on Another Level