15. Hope & Sesame (Guangzhou, China)
Technique is top of the agenda at Hope & Sesame where cutting edge technologies contribute to uber-creative cocktails, such as these classics: the coconut-infused and salted Pandan Old Fashioned, the Salt & Vinegar Martini, the Cantonese Chicken Rice, the Kombucha Daiquiri and the white pepper-infused White Negroni.
14. Native (Singapore)
Native focuses on using regional produce from across Asia, including the spirits and other alcoholic bases it incorporates. Case in point: its Chasing the Dragon cocktail is gin-based, but also makes the most of Mukai Shuzo sake, a unique red-hued sake, so coloured because of the use of the ancient Murasaki strain of red rice, which is mixed with Kyoto rice strain of Iwai.