Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 3-5

Friday, July 3

Unwind with live jazz and refined sips at Take Five

Take Five, tucked discreetly within Avalon – the newly opened Western restaurant destination at H Queen’s – is an intimate live music bar and cocktail venue by Elite Concepts that offers an elegant sanctuary along Queen’s Road Central. The venue is at once named for the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s seminal jazz standard as well as the slang for a five-minute break, framing the lounge as a place for guests to step away from the urban bustle. Jazz guitarist Skip Moy is responsible for the venue’s rotating calendar of performances encompassing jazz, neoclassical and more.

Sandeep Kumar helms the bar, serving a concise beverage menu highlighted by five signature cocktails themed after famous jazz standards. The Green Dolphin Street features aged rum infused with pistachio shrub and topped with a light ricotta foam, while the Misty stars a cocoa-washed tequila layered with mango, calamansi and jalapeño.

Where: 2/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central

When: From 4pm, music from 8.30pm-11pm

Saturday, July 4

Three Central bars celebrate Two Moons’ new Ginger Gin

In case you missed it, Two Moons Gin celebrated the launch of its Ginger Gin last week. Inspired by the humble yet irreplaceable staple of Cantonese culinary culture, the new spirit boasts a fiery, warming complexity. To mark the debut, Two Moons has partnered with three of Central’s finest artisanal establishments, Kinsman, 25:00 and Zzura, to serve two ginger-forward creations each that beautifully reframe local heritage through modern mixology.