Smoke, bubbles and magic – meet the new cocktail experience
Table-side theatrics are back, with cocktails served in the time-honoured tradition of guéridon, or trolley-service. But they’re drinks with a twist.
A spanking silver trolley, laden with bottles, suddenly materialises at our table, wheeled by a suave bartender in suit, waistcoat and tie. Turns out this is no ordinary cocktail cart offering such classics as Negroni, Manhattan and Martinez. There’s a twist. Every bottle on board is a rare vintage spirit, some up to 90-years-old and perhaps the last bottle remaining.
“Today, I’m taking you on a journey,” announces Agostino Schiavo, bar manager at Society restaurant in central Melbourne.
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