Drink in Focus: Durian’s Consent at Peridot
Peridot concocts what might be Hong Kong’s boldest cocktail, which delicately blends the divisive fruit’s creamy flavours with a shochu-rum fusion
Everything, that is, except durian. The pungent fruit is incredibly popular here but rarely makes an appearance on menus.
Perhaps that’s no surprise. There’s a reason durian is forbidden on airlines, and even the late Anthony Bourdain, a fan, remarked its scent was like “leaving cheese or a dead body out in the sun”.
“Our entire menu was built from a single principle: cocktails as collectable journeys,” the ebullient Frenchman tells us. “We don’t just serve drinks; we draw liquid postcards from a specific place and time. The Durian’s Consent fits as a provocative anchor. It’s the bold statement that defines our approach: we are unafraid of strong narratives and even stronger flavours.”