SURA Restaurant

“The drinks prove as spirited as the cooking. The signature libations affix Asian accents to the classics. Hence the passion fruit liqueur in the refreshing daiquiri, and baijiu, a potent Chinese spirit, in a pleasantly medicinal Manhattan made with mezcal and fernet. The latter goes by the name Yaowarat and pays homage to Bangkok’s Chinatown, where Andy’s father is from. Yet another crowd-pleaser marries a cosmopolitan with a caipirinha. Ask for the raspberry-colored Cosmorinha.”

“Billy comes to the restaurant from Azumi, a Japanese establishment in Baltimore, and likes to call his business an izakaya, or Japanese pub. Born in Springfield, Va., he spent summers learning to cook from his grandmother in Bangkok, and he says his family is “Thai-Chinese by blood.”