Cocktails and canapés are the stuff that leisurely hours are made of. Shatbhi Basu, Harry’s Bar + Café, and Sanju Arora, The Irish House tell Zaral Shah how innovative concoctions keep the bonhomie flowing.
Taking cue from a time when martinis and daiquiris came only in stemmed glasses, and, Gimlets and gin and tonic in highball glasses, today, mixologists are challenging people’s impressions of cocktails by serving concoctions that bring to the table a different and quirky take on the tipples.
In glasses long and short, and using ingredients savoury and sweet, they curate cocktails that reflect current global trends. Give a mixologist a bar full of spirits and some fresh seasonal ingredients, and the magical amalgamation they will give you is definitely worth a sip, or four or five!
Just outside Dublin Square in Phoenix Marketcity stands an outlet of the iconic bar chain — Harry’s Bar & Café. Another popular watering hole here is The Irish House. The food menu at Harry’s is crafted to perfection with palate pleasers and mixologist Shatbhi Basu has created a gamut of mixes for those who are adventurous and also those who swear by the classics. The menu at The Irish House has a range of what have been called some of the best burgers in the city.
On a day out to Phoenix Marketcity, my meeting with Basu, master mixologist and beverage consultant, Harry’s Bar+ Café, and Sanju Arora, general manager, The Irish House turned into my own happy hour as I uncovered the journey some of the heady concoctions had made, from ideas in a mixologist’s mind to the pages of a menu.
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