It’s been common in recent years for chefs to dust off ancient cookbooks for food inspiration, and now the folks at Capella Bangkok are putting their best cocktail minds to the task at Stella, the hotel’s cocktail salon sitting on the edge of the Chao Phraya River. The new menu, “The Journey of Old Siam,” takes drinkers through different epochs of Thailand’s past. Many of them are a hat tip to the local area, like the cocktail “1861”, which celebrates the year Charoenkrung Road finished construction, kicking off a wave of modernization through Bangkok. Others, like “Silver Screen” pay homage to icons like the Sala Chalermthai Royal Theater—noteworthy for the Phra Nakhon district. Our favorite (pictured above) is “Robot B” which mimics the look of the world-famous Robot Building on Sathorn Road. 
 

Check out Stella’s Instagram for more details, where they narrate the stories of each drink through fun videos.