The Union Trading Co. Snapshot of the Time menu has been launched by the Shanghai-based brand as a series of cocktails that showcase how mixologist styles have evolved over the course of many years. The menu will take guests on a cocktail journey through the 19th and 20th centuries with recipes that cover some of the most important eras including the Golden Age, Prohibition, the Tiki craze and beyond. Guests can enjoy such options as the Three Cup Chicken, Peas in a Pod, Captain Patrick and more.
The Union Trading Co. Snapshot of the Time menu can be ordered at the brand's location in the French Concession neighborhood in Shanghai from 6pm to 2am each day.
Historically Inspired Cocktail Menus
The Union Trading Co. Snapshot of the Time Menu is Evocative
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