With a ludicrously long menu of signature cocktails and wines, Quinary is the kind of bar that you must be coming back to over and over to keep trying something new with each visit. Behind a mesh-style fence at the end of the long bar is a small beverage design laboratory of dehydrators, slow cookers, and rotary evaporators. It’s a subtle flex, as of to say “we ain’t done yet.” Also, a like bit of “we’re pretty frickin’ smart.”

Frankly, the name is a hint right from the start. “Quinary,” is a completely different way of counting. Think “binary,” except in base 5 instead of base 2. It’s technical, it’s thought provoking, and — for those who know how to appreciate it — it’s fun.

Find Quinary on Hong Kong Island.