PRE WARM UP FOR LONDON COCKTAIL WEEK 2012
Just to get a Pre-Warm-up for the 2012 London Cocktail week in October we decide to make a brief visit in some of the cocktail bars in London . First stop , Savoy Hotel .
Probably most of the good bars around the world has at least one Savoy cocktail book at the back bar as a recipe reference . As pleople say…”Behind every great bartender (literally) is a roughed-up, stained copy of The Savoy Cocktail Book…” .
We were ready for the classics cocktails . Sazerac , Martinez , RobRoy , Hanky-Panky , BloodyMary , all surround by the jazz music played by the pianist . The last one , Corpese Reviver 2 , morning Glory & Gimlet , we had a chance to have at the Bar , really well excuted by Erick Lorincs .
Next stop , ECC ( Experimental Cocktail Club ) , located in ChinaTown , quite hard to find since it has no sign , just an old little door .
Nice selections of cocktails , good atmosphere with a speakeasy nuance . Cachaca Aged and Mezcal base cocktails are quite tasty .
To start the next night , Callooh Callay . A nice bar with some secrets on it . They have another bar on the second floor . How to come in….that’s part of the secret too.
80’s style cassete tape menu . 23 top-hits cocktails on the list NOW .
If you want to have a Cow or Chicken : Tramshed is the place , exately , they have only steak or chicken for main dish .
Tramshed building used to be an old electricity generating station for trams . The first thing you see whem you come in is a kind of huge aquarium with a real size Cow & a Chicken in it . And a huge paiting of a cartoon Cow & Chichen on the wall . Just by looking at you can have a guess who made it : the English artist Damien Hirst
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| Tramshed Menu |
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| Smokin’beets cocktail |
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| Tramshed Wall Paper |
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| Zombie Cocktail served in a picther |
A brief visit at Mr Simon Difford office . Surprising how big it is the alcohool arquive .
One of our favorite bar in London . Bar Purl harks back to a golden age of cocktails with a bit of the atmosphere of the 1920’s american speakeasy bars . Each cocktail in Purl gives you an experience in flavor and visually .
Last stop , the oldest hotel in London , Langham Hotel . The Artisan Bar
The cocktails were made by the magical hands of Simone Caporale . It’s not always that we have a chance to have cocktails made by world top bartenders . it was time to enjoy .
It make jus why the artisan bar was nominated the world best cocktail menu .
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| Artisian bar Cocktail flavour menu . |
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| Tokyo Martini |
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| expresso cocktail with some gold leaf on the top |
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| absinthe fountain making appearence on the counter . |
Looking forward to the London Cocktail week
Cheers !!! Bar Trench