VELVET @ Hong Kong Sevens Shooters Cocktail, Gummies & Classic French Duck Confit

 VELVET bar and restaurant specially designed a series of signature cocktails and dishes that would tingle your taste buds and quench your thirst. The Hong Kong Sevens igniting the city with its dazzling display of international rugby while the bartender at VELVET has created seven nation shooters based on the jersey colours of the teams from England, France, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Japan and of course, Hong Kong. 

 Not only do you have the opportunity to support your favourite team, the shooters taste as tantalising as they look. The shooter for the Hong Kong national team is a mix of Crème de Cassis, gin and cream. The fruitiness of the Crème de Cassis provides is in perfect harmony with the intense creaminess. The shooter for one of the teams, France, features a mixture of Blue Curacao, Vodka and lemon juice presented in the symbolic blue that matches its jersey. 

 To utilise the ingenuity and replaced conventional cocktail glasses by infusing the drinks into delicate gummies. There are a total of four Easter Cocktail Gummies, including the <Long Island Iced Gummies> which has Long Island Ice Tea infused into Coca Cola Gummy Candy, the <Mojito Gummies> infused into Gummy Bear Candy, the <Easter Egg Jello Shots> are vivid jello shots layered with stripes and patterns, as well as the Drunk Chocolate Bunnies is a sure hit with the ladies which are shaped like two cute bunnies on a grass patch. 

 The chef at VELVET has also created a new dish <Classic French Duck Confit> in duck fat at 64 degrees Celsius for 16 hours. The dish is served with braised savoy cabbage and Parisian potatoes with tangy black cherry sauce which can cut through the richness of the duck. 

VELVET Bar + Restaurant

Address: 3/F, The Phoenix, 23 Luard Road, Wan Chai

Tel: +852 2527 0988