When I was a teenager and grunge was still cool, a friend of mine went to bartending school (I didn’t mean for that to rhyme) and promptly held a party afterward in which he made daiquiris. Or, to be more accurate, he made sickly sweet, frozen red monstrosities that he called daiquiris. My friends and I had a taste, drank every drop we could because it was free, and swore to … [Read more...]
Paloma cocktail recipe
When it comes to Mexican cocktails most people think of margaritas – yet in Mexico it’s the Paloma cocktail that’s arguably more popular. It could be because the teaming of grapefruit soda with tequila makes this much easier to drink than the average margarita or simply because grapefruit drinks are so popular south of the border. Either way, if you love tequila then you … [Read more...]
Pocket Bar – Darlinghurst
Pop art (think Warhol and Lichtenstein) is painted on the walls; matchbooks, cards and other knickknacks are scattered under the glass-topped bar counter that doubles as a bookshelf and funk is playing from the sound system. This is Pocket Bar, a small edgy drinking den a block down from Oxford Street that feels more like a hipster’s warehouse space than a traditional … [Read more...]