About the event
Famed Washington D.C. speakeasy, Allegory, will pop-up for three nights in Hong Kong, with Creative Director Deke Dunne taking over Terrible Baby’s moody terrace bar at Eaton HK.
From July 14 to 16, guests will be able to sample a suite of imaginative cocktails and mocktails from one of North America’s 50 Best cocktail bars, which was also awarded Best Cocktail Menu by the same body.
Seven creative takes on classics made using advanced culinary and molecular techniques, like spherification, clarification and forced carbonation, will be spotlighted during the pop-up. Looking-Glass (HK$130) is a low a.b.v tipple that reimagines a vodka soda through the lens of a Japanese highball. It is light and refreshing with citrus notes and gentle effervescence, whilst Eden (HK$130), also a low a.b.v libation, is bright, bubbly and nostalgic, reminiscent of a childhood orange soda. The clarified and carbonated creation is made with Tanqueray 10 Gin, reclaimed mandarin oranges, benzoin piloncillo and fragrant orange blossom.
Unicorn (HK$130) is a smooth Afro-Caribbean rum cocktail, ideal for slow alfresco sipping, while in contrast, the Beat of the Drums (HK$130) is a crushable cocktail that nods to the Margarita. The citrussy, fruity cocktail combines tequila, clairin, oloroso, mezo orgeat, mace, lime and lacto-huckleberries, and is technically challenging to create but easily knocked back by the drinker. Eyes of Flame (HK$130) has a mix of rum and Siete Misterios mezcal, however with an unexpected smoky and bold twist in contrast to its bright facade due to the blend of mandarin, passion fruit and Palo Cortado.
Awakening (HK$130) is an alcohol-free mocktail that drinkers and non-drinkers alike will enjoy, with a silky smooth mouth feel, abundant depth and tropical notes, while Queen Alice (HK$130) is a zero-proof highball that emphasizes island spice with bold herbaceous notes of sorrel and bay leaf.
Allegory’s home location is hidden behind a nondescript door in Eaton DC’s Impact Library. A one-of-a-kind work of art by Erik Thor Sandberg spans the bar depicting Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, but the deeper, underlying meaning is that the classic tale is told through the eyes of Ruby Bridges—the first Black child to desegregate the William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960. Enjoy Terrible Baby’s three-night transformation into Allegory, with the bar’s iconic Ruby Bridges illustrations reimagined via creative window installations.
Terrible Baby x ALLEGORY Pop Up Bar
Date: July 14 to July 16
Opening Hours:
July 14 to July 15: 14:00 - 02:00
July 16: 14:00 - 00:00