Posts by tag
Cocktails
London’s first zero-waste experiential bar opens in Notting Hill Multi-award winning Markus Thesleff has opened Viajante87, a new, innovative and experiential cocktail bar. The intimate, high-energy hideaway will thread the Baja-Nihon energy of its sister Los Mochis – it says here – through all elements including cocktail, design, and bar bites. So, er, that’s nice.…
Nothing to do with mediums. Everything to do with great drinks. Scotland’s Oldest Working Distillery The Glenturret has launched new, to-be-annual edition called the Manager’s Dram. Created by Distillery Manager Ian Renwick, it’s a hand-numbered, limited release of 500 bottles, matured in three American and European Sherry casks. The result, according to Ian, is “sweet…
We still can’t get to America but this may be the next best thing… The American Bar at The Savoy is reopening its doors today (4th October 2021). London drinkers, you can breathe that sigh of relief. The oldest surviving cocktail bar in Britain, the American Bar is also arguably the most iconic, from the…
The most famous grand hotel ever is probably The Savoy. The most famous chef ever is probably Auguste Escoffier. His most famous dish ever is probably the Peach Melba, created in The Savoy – as it so happens – where it was initially rolled out on a swan made out of ice. So, for The Savoy’s…
What is it about bars being incapable of serving their signature cocktail (or the one they were key in popularising) to an acceptable standard? Mojitos at Hemingway haunt, La Bodeguita? Old measly mint and mean rum portions. Daiquiris at Florodita ‘Cradle of the Daiquiri’, in Havana? Blended slush. Old Fashioned’s at the Pendennis Club in…
Spherification is the unique process of taking liquid and reshaping it into a sphere. Never tried it before, or even heard of it? It’s well worth trying. It’s rather complicated to make, so the two-Michelin starred restaurant Hibiscus is offering it. It’s a unique experience. The drink is made with Ketel One vodka, as Claude…