Midweek opened at Pony & Plume with The Finest Pour: Stelios Papadopoulos of Athens’ Barro Negro behind the stick from 8:30pm HKT, one night of his signature pours at Capella at Galaxy. Thursday belongs to Wing Lei Bar & Friends Vol. 3 — Old Soul, New Spirit — as Seoul takes Wynn Palace in hourly shifts from 9:00pm HKT: Willy Park of Gong Gan, then Joseph Lee of Antidote, then Pat Park of Pine & Co, with collectible bartender stickers on every drink.
Halloween Saturday stacks Cotai. Long Bar’s The Age of Sail marks two years at Raffles from 6:00pm HKT — dress captain, explorer or pirate, live entertainment, and a shot at a Macallan prize. At 8:00pm HKT, The Ritz-Carlton Bar & Lounge hosts The Alchemist Flair: BUTLER founder Masayuki Uchida building a limited set around YuKi No Mado, Tankyu Distillery’s first Hokkaido gin (cocktails from MOP 158, four-glass tasting MOP 498, plus service and tax). From 9:00pm HKT, Bar Patuá’s Traveler’s Whisper: Letter #9 brings Beijing’s Kexin Zhang and Russel Zhou of Bar Long Fong for three exclusives — Citrus & White Bitter Gourd, Cherry Tomato Sour, and Moutai Latte Turns into a Giant Mushroom.