Look for the billows of steam wafting from the open garage-style front of Blnd Tger, a modest Chinatown dumpling shop. Give the open-sesame password, and an opulent 1920s Shanghai speakeasy in peacock shades of teal and gold is revealed through a “freezer” door. Find Canada’s largest selection of more than 50 baijiu bottlings here, and sample the Chinese spirit in tasting portions, wildly original cocktails or revamped classics (a Negroni with Wuliangye). Oh, and do order the dumplings — they’re from nearby Kam Wai and they’re delicious.

Neighbours
Same owners as around-the-corner Bagheera.

Midsomer Murders cocktail, made with vodka, jun, fennel, ginger and beet.

1/2

Midsomer Murders cocktail, made with vodka, jun, fennel, ginger and beet.