A very warm Happy New Year from 100 Top Tables! 2025 was a tough but fruitful year for Hong Kong’s bar scene, with closures and exciting new openings alike. As the parties die down a little, the first week of 2026 is a good time to catch up on recent menu updates or openings from the end of the previous year. For those who are contemplating Dry January, we also know a few places to imbibe without inebriety.
Friday, January 2
Orchard updates its menu
In case you missed this, Hong Kong’s go-to venue for eau de vie and its derivative cocktails updated its menu with a wide range of textures and flavours. Lighten up the dog days of winter with the Nutty Brewtini, which comprises prune brandy, dark rum, cold brew coffee, hazelnut, banana and chocolate. For something a bit closer to home, the Floral Fusion also features chocolate – this time as a frozen garnish – in addition to peach baijiu, London dry gin, jasmine umeshu, lychee, dry vermouth and cardamom.
For those looking forward to warmer weather, the Paradise Punch is fit to burst with fruity sweetness, combining raspberry schnapps, coconut, ginger shrub, apricot liqueur, mango and pineapple. Rounding off the new drinks is the Paloma-esque Zesty Zing, a one-two punch of Pommeau de Normandie and mescal, rounded off with white vermouth, salted lime cordial, carrot and grapefruit soda.
