A recently opened New York neo-noir nightclub inspired by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s movies is a teahouse by day and a Chinese medicine-style bar by night. Photo: SCMP composite/Red Pavilion
A recently opened New York neo-noir nightclub inspired by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s movies is a teahouse by day and a Chinese medicine-style bar by night. Photo: SCMP composite/Red Pavilion

Eat congee in a bar: New York nightclub embraces Chinese culture with shots of Hong Kong cinema in push back against Asian hate crime

  • New Big Apple bar dishes up moody mixture inspired by director of iconic Hong Kong movies Chungking Express and In The Mood For Love
  • Chinese-themed bar is response to surge in violence against US Asian-American community which spiked during the pandemic

A recently opened New York neo-noir nightclub inspired by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s movies is a teahouse by day and a Chinese medicine-style bar by night. Photo: SCMP composite/Red Pavilion
A recently opened New York neo-noir nightclub inspired by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s movies is a teahouse by day and a Chinese medicine-style bar by night. Photo: SCMP composite/Red Pavilion
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