Art in a glass at Hong Kong’s Artesian Bar

Rush Limbu, mixologist of the Artesian Bar at the Langham has created three cocktails that replicate renowned artworks of Van Gogh, Mondrian and Dali.

Mixology at its most creative: Rush Limbu’s three cocktails have re-imagined what some of the world’s most famous works of art would look like as cocktails.

Hong Kong is currently gripped with art fever, with the approaching contemporary art festivals Art Central and Art Basel, and for those of us who also like to drink art, the following creations are a must.

Available from 23 March to 30 April, Rush’s cocktails are priced at HK$158 each and require advance reservations.

Piet Mondrian’s ‘Tableau 1’ is recreated in Rush’s saffron gin cocktail which also uses elderflower liqueur, Chartreuse liquer, The Bitter Truth lemon bitters, fresh lemon juice, egg white and grenadine.

And the real thing! (Turned clockwise for better depiction). Piet Mondrian’s ‘Tableau 1’ oil on canvas was created in 1921 as part of the neoplaticism Dutch art movement, De Stijl.

For all the Dali lovers out there: Rush has depicted the famous melting clock in his cocktail of Los Danzantes Mezcal, Grand Marnier, Domaine de Canton, Fee Brothers Orange Bitters, orange juice and egg white.

Still generally known among less versed art folk as Dali’s ‘melting clock’, ‘The Persistence of Memory’ remains one of Dali’s most recognised pieces which he painted in 1931.

Rush’s dreamlike ‘Starry Night’ cleverly recreates a night scene using Chalong Bay Rum, Frangelico, Strega liqueur, Bittermens Xocolatl Bitters, Blue Curacao, fresh lime juice and egg white.

Another world-recognised piece, Vincent Van Gogh’s oil on canvas, “Starry Night” was painted in 1889 in the sleepy and picturesque village of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France.