NEW CALEDONIA BAR BRINGS SCOTLAND TO CENTRAL

Bringing a taste of Scotland to Central, Hong Kong, is Caledonia, the prominent new Scottish bar and restaurant open from today. Located on the ground floor of Hutchison House, Central, Caledonia will offer an unparalleled selection of whisky together with traditional Scottish cuisine and exclusive in-house Scottish ales in impressively authentic surroundings.

Presenting for the very first time in Hong Kong, the historic connection between Scotland and the territory, Caledonia has been designed to provide both a prestigious social centre for Hong Kong’s thriving Scottish community and to offer a comfortably relaxed retreat for businesspeople who can, if they choose, plug in their laptops to the bar’s broadband connection to work or do business outside of the office. Additionally, as a unique celebration of Scots in Hong Kong, Caledonia will provide tourists with a congenial environment in which they can learn about local history.

In addition to featuring a distinctive ‘Wall of Whisky’ spanning the length of the public bar, Caledonia is also home to a sumptuous lounge bar, which extending through the spacious upper level culminates in an attractive a la carte dining area. Through its carefully considered interior design, the entire upper level – with the exception of Caledonia’s hallowed, exclusive private members bar - can furthermore be transformed into one undivided room for the hosting of both in-house or private events and functions.

With an on-going programme of planned tasting sessions, special nights dedicated to featured malts, competitions and other events, Caledonia aims to increase awareness, understanding and appreciation of its wide variety of available whisky. “There is a very definite trend in the popularity of whisky drinking happening in Hong Kong currently,” comments Caledonia Managing Director, Kevin McBarron.

He continued, “It is simply our intention to provide both connoisseurs and the curious - Scottish or not - with a fitting environment in which to sample the very best of Scotland and for them to perhaps learn something in the process. Despite the connection between Scotland and Hong Kong having historically been and continuing to be very strong, there has never been anything like Caledonia previously seen in Hong Kong. We are very proud to be the pioneers of this concept and are confident that our guests and private members will identify Caledonia as being ‘the real McCoy’.”