St James Bar at the Sofitel London has launched an Imagination cocktail menu that you don’t want to miss out on…
When it comes to cocktails, London is a city that delivers. And one such place that you need to add to your list is the St James Bar at the Sofitel Hotel’s Imagination cocktail menu. A follow-up to their award-winning “passport” the new menu is an innovative exploration of the concept of the imagination through drinks. The team at St James Bar have put together an imaginative array of unique flavours, molecular techniques and sustainable processes to invoke the scientific and create the fantastical.
To create the St James Bar Imagination cocktail menu, the team has used multiple scientific techniques, styles and ideas to create one overarching concept. Using molecular techniques like spherification alongside carbonation and foaming allows the drinks to take new forms while changing the characteristics of ice and garnishes uses visual cues to trick the palate. Flavour profiles are experimented with by introducing fire, air and earth elements. Sustainability is also at the forefront of the process, with the team using lemon husk in multiple ways and producing honey from hives located at the top of the hotel.
From impressionism, relativism and symbolism, to fantasy dragons, Iron Man comics and Elton John lyrics, each cocktail’s inspiration is rooted in the imagination and how we use our brains. The menu uses a minimal yet playful approach, with edible photos, liquid shapes you can hold in your hand and emojis & symbols in place of letters. Example cocktails on the St James Bar Imagination cocktail menu include:
· Van Gogh- Tanqueray 10 gin, yuzu butter, Italicus, unicorn cordial, white port, effervescence, husk ash –17
· What Could Be – Beluga Noble vodka, mezcal, crème de cacao blanc, cacao husk, citrus, pistachio, almond milk – 17
· Dreaming Mexico – Casamigos Blanco Tequila, agave & aloe syrup, pear cordial, fortified wine, yuzu, Peychaud’s bitters – 20
· Sweet Child – Michter’s US*1 Rye, doughnut cordial, crème de peach, tobacco liqueur, candy floss – 22
St James Bar is one of London’s hot spots and is situated on the corner of Pall Mall and Waterloo Place in the Sofitel London St James Hotel. It is an opulent and special space with a striking marble-topped bar and colourful rows of bottled handmade tinctures, bitters and liqueurs is the room’s centre-piece.
Visit now to experience the St James Bar Imagination cocktail menu for yourself.
Opening Hours: Sunday & Monday 11am – midnight, Thursday – Saturday 5pm – midnight.
Tuesdays & Wednesdays closed
St James Bar
Sofitel London St James
6 Waterloo Place
London
SW1Y
