Hong Kong Pub Crawl's 1st Anniversary
June 30th saw the 14th anniversary of Hong Kong’s momentous handover from British to Chinese sovereignty; more importantly June 30th also saw the 1st anniversary of the city’s equally momentous weekly booze-fest, Hong Kong Pub Crawl. With a healthy dose of free shots, dangerously cheap drinks deal, the odd birthday cake going round and a casual magician thrown into the mix as well (what exactly they thought Paul Daniels could bring to a night out is anyone’s guess) it would have been downright foolish not to jump on the bandwagon.
The night opened with the surreal announcement from the Insenses (13, Lyndhurst Terrace) barman at just 9.45pm that they had completely run out of beer. But then again given that Insenses closely resembles a small cave with the 175 birthday revelers crammed inside surely exceeding the legal capacity several times over, and beers being priced at a cool $40 for 2 it was hardly surprising.
Moving on to Senses 99 (99F, Wellington St) and Makumba (48, Peel St) a combination of organizer Warren’s infectious enthusiasm, more ludicrously cheap drinks deals and some pumping African beatz ensured spirits remained high before the collective tramp down to fresh Sheung Wan hotspot XXX (212,Wing Lok St) to finish things off. Some would have questioned the club’s complete lack of any form of décor, some why the hell the toilet is outside and halfway down the road and others slightly confused by the bar managers decision to not stock any form of martini… But a refreshingly eclectic music selection, a lack of interior decorators on the crawl and the fact the Hong Kong Pub Crawl
crew had looked after us so well that no one really needed any martini, shone through. Hopefully one of many anniversaries to come…
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