Final week we visited Lucy Wong in London’s Fitzrovia to pattern the very Instagram-friendly cocktails and Dim Sum choice. The underground cocktail bar, with a hidden outside terrace, will be discovered on Rathbone Place and presents an eclectic, opulent and glamorous setting.
Owned by The Breakfast Group, the identify Lucy Wong is an ode to Richard Mason’s 1957 novel “The World of Susie Wong”- a fantastically written love story and time capsule of Hong Kong within the late-50’s.
The interiors are impressed by Chinese language design and create a really feel of decadent and timeless glamour. Inside it was darkish sufficient to really feel intimate, however with modern table-lights so as to add to the ambiance (and to assist learn the menu!).
The drinks menu contains very cool cocktail menu playing cards –all of which regarded wonderful. We sampled three of the signature cocktails – classics with an creative Asian twist. The Shanghai 75 was a sherbet blue delight topped with a lychee and was so good my eating accomplice ordered it twice! I began off with the Cherry Blossom Manhattan which was clean and scrumptious, adopted with what myself and the bar tender determined was the very best cocktail on the menu, the Jap Bitter – simply the suitable steadiness of candy and bitter with completely frothy egg white.
Famend Mixologist Dré Masso has created an distinctive assortment of limited-edition cocktails menu – I can be returning to pattern the remaining! Lucy Wong is now open serving a variety of basic cocktails such because the Mai Tai and Bramble, or go for the non-alcoholic Panoma and 9 Dragons cocktail. The Glowing & Champagne providing caters for each style, from the Biscardo Millesimato Classic Prosecco Brut to Laurent Perrier Rose and Dom Perignon. There’s additionally a powerful wine menu and choice of draft and bottled beers, ciders, comfortable drinks and Chinese language Tea.
The Dim Sum basket was equally as scrumptious because the cocktails. Completely steamed, contemporary and crunchy, flavoursome and moreish, and the true take a look at, didn’t disintegrate when picked up! The crab and samphire was a private favorite. There are vegetarian choices resembling Vegetarian spring rolls together with vegan choices resembling Singapore rice noodles and mushroom and truffle Dim Sum
For sides, we couldn’t resist the jellyfish and cucumber, it was contemporary, tangy and actually complimented our dishes, we additionally sampled the stir-fried garlic shoots which I additionally extremely advocate.
There have been additionally lighter nibbles accessible together with crispy rooster pores and skin, nori-coated peanuts, Asian combined rice crackers and a roast meat sharing plate for the meat eaters.
On a night, there may be additionally stay music reflecting the eras that influenced the design and magnificence of the bar, which makes for nice leisure, particularly as there have been some nice classics being carried out! Weekends see DJs play till late reworking the bar right into a decadent late-night cocktail bar.
A lot of the eating tables are designed for 2 folks making it the right date night time spot, or select excessive stool desk seats for a catch-up over cocktails or their low tables are greatest for bigger events.
That is well-worth a go to and whenever you do please inform Lucy we advised you to cease by 😉
