Although Aqua sells plenty of cocktails it's a refined sort of place so don't expect to see any jugs.
Apologies for the Carry On humour, but the new cocktail menu at renovated Aqua Spirit in Canton Road tends to encourage it. Italian mixologist Manuel Soro has created eight drinks for the bar, all of them named and described in a tongue-in-cheek spirit by general manager Simon Mckinless. 'Drinking should be fun,' he says.
While Mckinless holds a torch for me (wink, wink) in the trendily gloomy nightspot, I read that I should order a Spirit of Sin as, 'There is nothing better than being bad, especially at the penthouse with Piesto!' (Whoever that may be.) A drink named in honour of the incredibly tall director of operations Ivan Fernie is the Towering In Fernie. 'For those who like it strong & long, oh yeah, and smoking,' the menu tells us.
Elsewhere on the more classic menu you could sample the Porn Star Martini, if you are in the mood to forget romance and 'just go raunchy'.
But I'm here for My Sweet Pear. Why? 'There's nothing nicer than a sweet pair in the mouth.' That describes a refreshing drink that has a pear vodka base and a number of bracingly flavoured ingredients.
In fact, some of the components of this drink sound positively medicinal - nectar, lemon juice, ginger and ginseng, yet overall the flavour of the caffe latte coloured drink is delicious. I had feared it would be like sipping cough medicine.