Booze News: MurMur, Superfly’s New Drinks Menu, Mona Gin @ Pho Susu
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MurMur, the New Kid on 22 Art Street
Situated near Today Art Museum and Baiziwan Road, 22 Art Street is no stranger to interesting haunts for a drink fix. This new establishment, which quietly opened a few weeks ago and is tied to Whisky Magazine Icons of Whisky award winner Lawrence Xie. Here you’ll find well thought out and beautifully constructed cocktails, along with an ample supply of – you guessed it – whiskey.
Superfly Launches Beijing-inspired Libations
New cocktails have landed at Superfly, The Opposite House’s Sichuan-centric restaurant and bar. Going a different route than their usual southwest Chinese fare, Superfly has dropped a menu featuring tipples inspired by Beijing in the ‘80s and ‘90s. The range packs on the flavor, from Punk Therapy, featuring bourbon combined with chrysanthemum, jasmine, and fruits like logan and orange; to Super Yoghurt, which sees tequila paired up with yogurt, pickled plum, grapefruit, hibiscus and clarified milk served up in old school glass yogurt bottles.
Weekly Gin Bar Pop-up @ Pho Susu
The folks at Pho Susu in the Meishuguan area have teamed up with Mona Bar to bring about Mona Gin, a pop-up gin bar open from Wed-Sat weekly, 8pm-1.30am featuring more than a hundred craft gins which can be paired with snacks from Susu like fried rolls and Viet tacos.
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Images: Dianping, Superfly, Susu