{"id":50578,"date":"2026-05-07T18:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50578"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:29:38","slug":"drink-in-focus-lee-cocktail-at-the-green-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50578","title":{"rendered":"Drink in Focus: Lee cocktail at The Green Door"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Subtle, discreet playfulness has been the name of the game for The Green Door<\/span> since it opened three years ago. Even the address is playful \u2013 it\u2019s listed as being on 97 Wellington Street, but can only be accessed by a dimly lit door on adjoining Graham Street, which once belonged to speakeasy 001.<\/div>\n

Its recently updated menu of signatures features drinks like the Lee, which combines the bar\u2019s food-based inspiration with a solid knowledge of classics, plus an added twist. For this latest batch of original cocktails, The Green Door has turned to an unconventional muse. Mr Koo is one of Hong Kong\u2019s rising indie bands, taking the stage at Clockenflap the same year The Green Door opened to play its unique blend of surf rock, shoegaze and blues.<\/p>\n

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The Green Door opened in 2023 in Hong Kong to much acclaim. Photo: @thegreendoor.bar\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cMr Koo envisioned this menu years ago,\u201d says co-founder Arlene Wong, \u201cand we are honoured to have him bring it to life. He wanted to create [along] a theme of \u2018strangers\/friends\/lovers overnight after a few drinks\u2019. The idea centres around the romantic experience of unexpectedly meeting the woman of his dreams over cocktails.\u201d<\/p>\n

The collaboration spawns 12 cocktails and three mocktails \u2013 each complete with a traditionally feminine or unisex name. The Lee particularly reminds Wong of her time living in the American South. \u201cI used to live in Savannah, Georgia,\u201d Wong explains, \u201cand I really miss cornbread. I thought it paired beautifully with a Gold Rush. I designed this drink for our current new menu [with] Mr Koo, who designed the menu\u2019s visuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Lee cocktail from The Green Door. Photo: Handout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The traditional Gold Rush comprises whiskey, lemon juice and honey syrup, and is considered a modern classic, originating in the 2000s at Milk & Honey in New York City. Wong and the team enhance the template by splitting the base between Michter\u2019s Bourbon and Torres Brandy, then adding Khoosh orange liqueur, Ancho Reyes Verde and agave honey.<\/p>\n

However, at The Green Door, the drink begins with cornbread, which is blended into the base spirits. According to Wong, the bar\u2019s cornbread is baked fresh and then sous vide with Hokkaido milk for two hours, followed by milk-washing with spirits to clarify it for batching and mixing. \u201cThis process helps extract the cornbread flavour while keeping the palate clean,\u201d Wong adds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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