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The clubby jazz bar and cocktail den at the Rosewood hotel riffs off the derogatory nickname for Kowloon given by Hong Kong Island–based expats, who will now be tempted to cross the harbor for DarkSide’s well-made libations and rare dark spirits: among them an exclusive blend of silky-smooth cognac (barrel-aged for seven years) poured straight from the cask and paired with chocolate. Beneath a rotating hourglass installation affixed to the ceiling, patrons sip on updated classics and yearly changing concept cocktails. The current Art of Mahjong menu spotlights eight creations inspired by the game’s bonus tiles. Orchid mixes dendrobium stem, spring onion, and Chinese celery with Mancino vermouth, tequila, and mezcal; for something sweeter, Chrysanthemum features a cordial made from its eponymous flower blended with Campari and Rémy Martin cognac. Meanwhile, whiskey sour-ish Autumn adds persimmon, dates, and goji berries to coffee liqueur and dry Marsala wine. The glass and ceramic vessels used for serving each drink are as artisanal as the cocktails themselves: each one was made locally by hand. —James Louie
<a href="https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/dining/darkside" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rosewoodhotels.com/en/hong-kong/</a> 
+852 3891 8732 
<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/2QfZsgHohCrARi3z7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rosewood Hong Kong, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Rd., Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong</a>