A mood cocktail, please

Elderflower Spritzer, Moscow Mule, Gin Tea and Mint Julep was churned adult as a mood cocktail. Pics/Sneha Kharabe

Tomorrow €ˆnight, if we land adult during Ellipsis, you’ll confront a kitschy wooden dial-pad during a entrance. A white doorway will pitch open to let we in usually if we are means to punch in a right pass-code in a contraption. Why a drama, we might ask. Well, that’s since a swish Colaba grill is housing a absolved guest, who has flown down generally from Delhi to supplement to a booze-ing nightlife. PCO, India’s initial speakeasy bar creates a entrance with a 10-day pop-up.

Earl grey in my cocktail
Fashioned around a speakeasy bars from a American breach epoch of a 1920s, a bar was launched in Vasant Vihar in 2012 by brother-sister duo, Rakshay and Radhika Dhariwal. “At that time, there wasn’t a singular bar in Delhi where we could suffer a splash though screaming. Having gifted a speakeasy enlightenment in New York where we can suffer a cocktail over (Frank) Sinatra, we wanted to try something identical here. When we started, we had usually 6 cocktails on a menu. Now, we have about 90,” informs Radhika.

Spring Rolls

Offering PCO’s 15 renouned cocktails — including their bestselling Elderflower Spritzer, Whiskey Sour and Mood Cocktails (more on that later) — a group will fly down 3 comparison bartenders from a flagship outpost to whip them up. We desired Gin Tea, a lovely mixture infused with homemade Earl Grey iced tea, packet sprigs and orange juice. Meanwhile, Elderflower Spritzer packaged a punch with honeyed records from a flower blended good into vodka.

Moody high
The mood cocktails are a PCO creation where a barkeeper creates a warn mixture formed on your welfare (whiskey, gin, rum and vodka) along with an further of mixture of your choice. “We once had a guest who systematic 40 mood cocktails. His usually brief: all of them should have a solitaire bottom and any should be opposite from a other!” exclaims Radhika.

LA Tacos – Carnitas

We picked low rum as a bottom and requested a spirit of sweetness. After an fervent 10-minute wait, a cold bourbon-based Mint Julep seemed on a table. Though safe, it was a manly mixture though we combined a note to self: supplement dumb to a brief too.

Ellipsis cook Phuong Tran has curated a special bar bites menu to compare a pop-up. “The thought is to be playful. I’ve combined fuss-free bar bites that we can eat with hands while sophistry dual eyeglasses of cocktails,” he laughs. The menu facilities innovations like falafel sliders, low sums, open rolls and LA-style mini tacos among other eats.

Chilli Butter Prawns Roll

Food play
We attempted Chilli Butter Prawns Rolls (‘250), with a mildly-spiced proposal prawns packaged in brioche bread. “I was desirous by Trishna’s butter prawns though we wanted to make a lighter version. So, we combined immature chillies,” says Tran. A detonate of flavours greeted us when we attempted a dual varieties of LA Tacos – Carnitas (‘250) with a hazed pulled pig stuffing, and Fish (‘200), featuring crunchy boiled basa laid over a bed of mayo salad on a mini tortilla. The steamed Spring Rolls (‘300), including shrimp and rice vermicelli complemented a Mint Julep. We wouldn’t mind if this guest overstayed a welcome.

From Sep 16 to 25, 12.30 pm to 1 am
At Amarchand Mansion, 16 Madame Cama Road, Colaba.
Call 66213333

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