One day in 1957, Clark Gable walked into The Bar at The Peninsula hotel, which at the time was located in the lobby, and asked bartender Johnny Chung for a screwdriver.
Chung located a tool kit and gave the implement to the bemused movie star. Gable explained that a screwdriver was a drink and taught Chung how to make one. The veteran bartender believes that was the first time the cocktail was served in Hong Kong.
Much has changed at The Peninsula since then, but Johnny Chung is still mixing drinks there, and "Johnny's Screwdriver" - as the drink is known - has been selected as the signature drink for the fifth incarnation of The Bar, which reopened on the first floor, opposite The Verandah Restaurant, last week.
A classic polished wood and leather back bar with a selection of almost 100 single malt whiskies behind it, this is for people who are serious about spirits and cocktails.
Johnny's Screwdriver stays true to Gable's formula of four parts orange juice to one part vodka over ice, but it is safe to assume that, in 1957, none of the ingredients were as upmarket as today's.
Usually served in a highball glass, this screwdriver comes in a Baccarat old-fashioned or rocks glass.
The juice is freshly squeezed from Valencia oranges at present, but the variety changes seasonally.