It’s Friday, and my mind is turning to cocktails, not least because we’re off — along with a dozen or so fellow Australians — to Hong Kong this weekend as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars caravan that is pulling into town. If you’re also heading over to HK, let us know — there is a lot going on, as you can tell by this schedule. Huge.
Below, I have a look at the Fine à l’Eau from Bar Nouveau in Paris, which I visited earlier in the year — it’s a beautiful little space, and one of the best drinks I’ve had so far this year.
Bar Nouveau is a little bar in Paris, but it’s one that has made a big impression on cocktail aficionados and bartendery types alike. It’s also the current home for one of Australia’s finest bartending talents, Harrison Kenney, who left Sydney in 2022 to work at Nouveau’s sister bar, A Bar With Shapes For A Name.