New bar ARGO and lobby café Gallery will open on July 15, 2021 at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong.
ARGO is a cocktail bar that explores the modern world, celebrating innovation in the world of fine drinking. Its name is inspired by the myth of Jason and the Argonauts and their journey of discovery and exploration. The debut cocktail menu “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” celebrates six staple ingredients: honey, cacao, vanilla, coffee, rice, and apple.
The bar has partnered with local bee farm HK Raw Honey and cacao farm Chocolate Concierge in Malaysia in the sourcing of ingredients for cocktail creations. ARGO’s very own bee hive located in Mai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, produces mono-floral lychee and longan honey, which is used in the honey-based cocktails. Chocolate Concierge focuses on ethical sourcing of single-origin cocoa from the indigenous people in local plantations in Malaysia.
Alongside the cocktail menu, ARGO introduces the “Field Guide to the World’s Innovative Spirits,” a collection of spirits housed in the bar’s Field Guide book that celebrate the innovators in spirits making, introducing them under a different light and breaking the rules of traditional spirits classification, highlighting their story, provenance, production methods and transparency. The categories are: Modernist Spirits, Collaborative Creations, Philanthropic and Socially Conscious, Sense of the Land, and Clash of the Worlds. Half of the collection is available for the very first time in Hong Kong at ARGO.
Gallery is a relaxing nook featuring coffee and tea and western cuisine with an asian twist. The venue also features an afternoon offering inspired by the Hotel’s Michelin-starred establishments, focused on beautifully presented East and West tea-time treats.