Seven drinks for Art Basel Hong Kong visitors so tasteful they could be in a gallery
These art-inspired refreshments can help you unwind after an exhausting day visiting the various galleries’ stands
Art Week can be exhausting. Either you’re bouncing from fair to fair trying to take it all in, or you’re trying to avoid the collectors and gallerists making highfalutin conversation over champagne bunch. But even if gallery hopping isn’t your thing, these art-inspired drinks will turn you from critic to acolyte.
Paddy Button, Absolut Art Bar: Room Service
How arty is Absolut’s pop-up Room Service bar at Potato Head, as designed by Hong Kong-based artist João Vasco Paiva? So arty that it was inspired by a Terrence Malick film, specifically the opening scene of Malick’s 1998 war epic The Thin Red Line, in which a soldier wanders around a deserted South Pacific island. Room Service delivers an urban take on the theme, with videos of abandoned Hong Kong places projected onto screens that sway in the wind. Themed cocktails are inspired by famous castaways. Try the Paddy Button (HK$128), named for the cook in The Blue Lagoon: a blend of Absolut Elyx, Havana Club 7-year-old, Sichuan pepper-infused maple syrup, smoke and peat bitters.
Drink available March 17 to April 2, Potato Head Hong Kong, 100 Third St, Sai Ying Pun. Inquiries: 2858 6066
