Friday 10 October 2014

London Cocktail Week 2014

London Cocktail Week
London has a growing cocktail scene and the drinks are becoming more and more inventive. 

For seven days during the start of October, 200 of the best London bars open their doors and battle it out, making delicious cocktails. This week is affectionately known as "London Cocktail week'.

In purchasing a wrist band for £10 before the week, and £15 when the week has started, you are entitled to cocktails costing £4 each. The week includes access to popups, parties, tastings and even learning to become a bartender, to hone your cocktail making skills.

Now at FoodieForce as you Know we love our cocktails. Especially cocktails that are mixed with food.

So when 'The Four Sisters' in Angel invited me to try out their new cocktail preview menu to celebrate cocktail week, I was ready to tantalise my taste buds. 

The Four Sisters
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The new menu is an inspired collaborations between food and drink. Using ingredients like thyme, rosemary, clove, parsley, raspberries, Braeburn apples, beetroot and ginger. They make lots of flavour infused syrups onsite too.  

First up tastings "No Poison Parsnip" and "Lemon Cheese Cake". 
London Cocktails
The no poison parsnip had a lovely creamy and ginger taste but no strong taste of parsnip. For my personal taste I would have liked the parsnip to have been stronger. 
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Now think how lemon cheese cake tastes. Are you thinking? Well this is it in a glass, creamy, lemon with a wonderful sherbet taste. 
London Cocktails
I even got to test first hand my bartending skills by taking part in a cocktail masterclass. Here is me in action...
Cocktail Master class
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I can tell you this, that whilst my bartending skills might not be honed, I really enjoyed trying some of my favourite food ingredients as drinks. Lemon cheese cake being one of my greatest of the night.

What is your favourite cocktail? 

The Four Sisters 
25 Canonbury Lane 
London
N1 2AS

www.londoncocktailweek.com

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22 comments:

  1. Oooh, these look interesting Lucy! You look like a pro-cocktail maker! My favourite cocktail has got to be a really fresh mojito, you can't beat it. I also love the blackberry smash one that I wrote the recipe for on my blog as I love amaretto!

    Marie X
    titchytombie.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. I think my cocktail skills need honning but it was great fun. A mojito in the summer is wonderful off to your block to check out your cocktail Lucyx

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  2. I wouldn't have thought of it, but the lemon cheesecake cocktail sounds so good! xx

    Toasty

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    1. Really delicious surprisingly hope you had a nice weekend Lucy x

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  3. I love the way you've done your photos in this post! I love champagne cocktails, especially mixed with raspberry or strawberry.
    Lots of love,
    Angie
    SilverSpoon London

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    1. Thanks Angie. Strawberry cocktails with champagne are wonderful and passion fruit. Hope you had a nice weekend Lucy x

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  4. I love cocktails a bit too much, haha! Cocktail week sounds amazing and these look lovely, especially 'Ruby Monarch'

    Style Sunrise☀

    :)
    x

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    1. The cicktails had all been carefully considered. I generally like sweet based rather than savory as these work better Lucy x

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  5. I love it when a cocktail looks really interesting as well as delicious, these look seriously good! We have a cocktail bar in Newcastle called Jalou and they have a fantastic cocktail menu including the Cookie Monster - it's decorated with blue cream and has an oreo cookie mouth and chocolate button eyes - it's amazing! I'll have to do a blog post about it at some point!

    Good work on your go behind the bar, I'm impressed!

    Chloe x
    newgirlintoon.co.uk

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    1. Wow that sounds amazing you will definitely need to blog post that. Hope you had a nice weekend Licy x

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  6. Oh wow, how have I not heard of London Cocktail Week?? The Lemon Cheesecake looks good! I love a Pina Colada, mainly because it brings back a lot of good memories! x

    Josie’s Journal

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    1. Ooh piƱa colada is yummy especially on a beach in the sun. Currently in awful rain so dreaming. Hope you feel better Lucy x

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  7. I love making my own cocktails! I just like to mix random stuff together and see what comes out :)

    Corinne x
    www.skinnedcartree.com

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    1. That sounds like great fun and I am sure you can turn up a few suprises Lucy x

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  8. Cute article darling! I am glad you enjoyed making your own cocktails.
    My favourite cocktails are: caipirovska (strawberry), sweet passion, porn star martini ... Hope you had a good weekend :) Liuba x

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    1. Thanks all the ones suggest sound lovely. Hope you had a nice weekend Lucy x

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  9. Love their logo!!! This sounds like my kind of cocktails!!! Love all the cool infusions. I believe if I lived there, I would dub this "Hangover Week"! xo

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    1. Probably very true if you over indulge. Hope you had a nice weekend Lucy x

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  10. The lemon cheesecake one does look amazing; sure that'll be our favourite too. You look like a professional; excellent bartending skills :-)

    x Roch & Tash x
    www.next-route-style.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Lemon cheese cake was delicious really yummy. I am not sure I would make a good bartender but I enjoyed it all the same Lucy x

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  11. Lemon cheesecake would have been my favorite too. Look at you behind the bar! So at ease.

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    1. It was yummy. Not sure I should give up my day job Lucy x

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