Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in China this August

Hot off a pop-up tour across the USA in a yellow 1977 Volkswagen bus, Faye Chen (formerly of Speak Low, Shanghai) and business partner GN Chan (formerly of Angel’s Share, New York) cross continents with their quirky mobile concept for a two-day pop-up at Scandal in Beijing. Centred around “deconstructing and redefining” food and drink as we know it, the menu will feature cocktails like French Toast Flip – barley tea-infused vodka, milk, maple toast, whole egg and sea salt; Waldorf Salad – whisky, apple juice, celery juice, ginger ale, walnut bitters; and Century Egg’s Soy Mate – tequila, soy milk, oolong tea, coconut water, ginger juice, anise, lemon, cinnamon and century egg. During their visit, the two will also split off for solo guest shifts around China. 

When: August 17-18, 9.30pm-12.30am

Where: Scandal, Courtyard 4, Gongti Bei Lu, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing 

When: August 16, 9pm-late

Where: Migas, 7/F, China World Mall, 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang district

When: August 24-25, 9pm-late

Where: Frio Bar, B7, 1979 Wenhua Xintiandi, 1011 Qiao Xiang Dong Lu, Futian Qu, Shenzhen

When: August 28, 9pm-late

Where: Not Club, 2-3/F, 6 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou

When: August 16, 9pm-late 

Where: Terrazza Martini, 7/F, Nali Patio, 81 Sanlitun Lu, Chaoyang Qu 

Part of an effort between several celebrated Shanghai bartenders to help bring some new life to smaller cocktail scenes across China, Eddy Yang will head west to Yunnan for a guest shift of bespoke cocktails and a few signatures at Kunming’s Enigma. Later in the month, he’ll serve drinks like the Crete Lace – brandy, Branca Menta, coconut vinegar reduction, peach syrup, mint and ginger ale – at Ten Cafe in Guangzhou. Look out for more shifts come September.

When: Enigma, August 21, 9pm-midnight

Ten Café, August 31, 9pm-midnight

Where: Enigma, 1/F, South Asia Plaza, 569 Dianchi Lu, KunmingTen Café, 10 Yandun Lu, Yuexiu Qu, Guangzhou

Materialising from Taiwan’s super-secretly located PUN, an intimate cocktail bar hidden away in Daan District, Kero Song is hopping over to the Mainland for one-day guest shifts in Nantong, Changshu and Suzhou. 

When: August 23, 9pm-midnight

Where: Fitting Room, Qida Cultural Center, 207 Gongnong Lu, Nantong

When: August 24, 9pm-midnight

Where: 12 Notes, Room 1020, Building 2, Souxiu Huoli Cheng, Changshu

When: August 25, 9pm-midnight

Where: L’Arome Bar, 3/F, South Section, Suzhou Center, Suzhou

The World’s Best Bar American Bar is pairing up with EQUIS social lounge for a two-day guest shift and two masterclass sessions at Four Seasons Hotel Beijing. The guest shifts will be led by the team’s Bar Supervisor Alice Glayzer alongside Senior Bartender Phillippa Guy. The ladies will also host masterclasses on Thursday and Friday with the first being dedicated to women in the industry, and the second open to everyone.

When: August 23 (Masterclass – open only to females in the industry), 3-5pm

August 24 (Masterclass – open to all), 3-5pm

Guest shifts, August 24 and 25 8pm-late

Where: EQUIS, Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, 48 Liangmaqiao Lu, SanYuan Qiao, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing

Tippling Club's infamous edible cocktail menu “Dreams & Desires” is coming to Hong Kong’s Fang Fang. The menu will have a selection of four gummy bears that represent the four selected cocktails. Choose from Happiness – tequila, yuzu, honey and orange flower water, matched with a lemon and honey gummy bear, Lust – champagne, peach, cocoa and tonka bean matched with a Coco Chanel perfume-flavoured gummy bear, Indulgence – strawberry, bourbon and Peychaud’s bitters with a chocolate and strawberry gummy bear and Super Car – gin, truffle, chardonnay and lemon juice, matched with gummy bear flavoured with petrol, leather and metal.

When: August 29, 8pm-midnight.

Where: Fang Fang, 8/F LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong

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