Isola
If you’re looking for a woman of influence to fund your bad-boy party-hard ways, you just may want to practice the schmooze at Isola. This double-decker restaurant is decorated in plain white and has huge picture windows, just the sort of understated classy environs that those with financial security tend to enjoy. Sidle into the seat across from her on the outdoor dining area overlooking the harbor and turn on the boyish charm. Do it right and you’ll barely have to mention the words “I love a good pinot grigio” before she offers to buy you a glass from the extensive (and expensive) wine list.
Shops 3071-75 and 4011, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St., Central, 2383-8765.
Feather boa
If you’ve ever stuck your head into this jam-packed little bar on a weekend, you’ll know it’s an ornately decorated baroque-styled place filled with beautiful women who will be more than happy to slam the hand of authority down on your cute little behind. Of course, the specialty here is the martini, the drink of overripe people everywhere, and it comes in every variety from fruity to intense. Order her a chocolate one and display your virility by slinging back a dirty martini, shaken, not stirred. Once you’ve got an in start letting her pay, and before you know it, you’ll be asking, "Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Robinson?"
38 Staunton St., Central, 2857-2586.
Someplace Else
The hotel bar-restaurant – a great place to find the foreign sugar momma. They may come wrinkly, they may come with perma-tan, but if you want the fiscal attention, enter the iPod DJ contest on Wednesdays at 9pm – just the thing to show how young, hip and talented you are. You’ll need to be good though, this woman’s seen them all. When she offers to buy you a drink, go for the bartender’s recommendation, the Asian Baby cocktail (pick-up tip: the name is classic innuendo). To slam it home, give your best mesmerizing stare and try to ignore her cataracts.
B/F and G/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Rd., Tsim Sha Tsui.