Are you in town by NYE? Would you like dinner and drinks to ring in 2009? Against a brilliant backdrop of Victoria Harbour like no other?

Aqua Spirit is a bar/restaurant situated in the attic of One Peking Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, that opens upon a panorama of the harbour and the Hong Kong skyline to the south. It is part of the Aqua Restaurant Group, a restaurateur interest in HK that develops fusiony theme restaurants, many of which straddle, in that endearingly and unironically Asian way, the line between cool and cheesy kitsch ..

Sidenote: while we were there last time, we were able to check out a few of them, and while yes, some of the interiors were real groaners, the food itself was none too shabby. Hutong does an interpretation of Beijing cuisine, and sits on the floor directly below Aqua Spirit; and Yun Fu offers pseudo-Tibetan fare.

As an optional activity apart from the ‘official events’ of FinkelChang, we have reserved an evening block at Aqua Spirit on December 31st, and are currently soliciting a headcount for attendees. Being HK on NYE, it’s not cheap, but despite being an optional event, we also want everyone who wants to attend to be be able to. And so, with some subsidization and some sly negotiating, we have an opt-in at $100USD per head (not including drinks).

If you are game, please let us know by email or by leaving a comment with your name, no. of guests, etc. to this post below!