Sadly your correspondent was out of town on the night of the Bar 366 relaunch as Three Six Six. GE had to call on its roving reporter to take on the challenge of sampling her way through the new menu.
Victoria writes:
I was excited to be invited to be Go Earlsfield’s roving reporter
for the night and my excitement doubled when I learnt it was to be a
night of cocktail sampling!
Three Six Six
(formerly known as Bar 366) are re-launching themselves and with it
comes and new menu of cocktails with organic, local and international
ingredients to quench our thirsts, enjoy with friends or perhaps tackle a
first date. Whatever your reason they are ready and willing to assist.
Their
new butterfly logo, visible on the pavement as my date and I walked up
St John’s Hill, is so chosen due to the five senses which their
cocktails evoke and the five core tastes (Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter and
Umami) they cover; as well as representing a butterfly’s ‘liquid only’
diet...
After
an aperitif of delightful Icelandic vodka, mine with an olive and my
date’s with lemon – in a butterfly shape naturally – and a quick chat
with the bar’s management we were ready to undertake a full sensory
experience:
Our journey began with blindfolds as we were led (carefully!) towards the smell of the sea air, sampling the first cocktail SALT Balsamic Sea (Highland Harvest Scotch, Nori, Raspberry and Rose cordial & Balsamic pearls) out of an oyster shell.
Next onto UMAMI and the flavours of Spain with their Iberico & Truffle Old Fashioned
(Iberico Ham & Truffle fat washed Woodford reserve, Muscovado
Madagascar Vanilla & Coffee beans syrup & Cardamom bitters), in
its square glass over square ice it was perfectly complimented by slices
of Iberico and stuffed olives (the blue cheese being a personal
favourite and saw me scurrying back for one more!) and we were all
having our own Mad Men moment.
Third on our adventure was BITTER with their Tobacco Negroni
(The Botanist Gin, Choya Yuzu liquor, Campari, grapefruit & lemon
peel). A negroni is a cocktail I have never actually tried before but
will certainly be having again, and being served in a tobacco tin the
smokiness really complimented the sharper flavours.
The contrast of the next offering for SWEET is the 50’s Shaker
(Aylesbury Duck vodka, Blueberry liquor, beetroot shrub, ancho syrup,
lime juice, #1 bitters, beetroot sugar dust) and hits the spot
for the sweet toothed among the group.
Before the sugar high got the better of us we were ushered into a small den to try the fifth and final SOUR with the deliberately *snicker* inducing Golden Shower
(The mysterious fizzing creation from the mid-week cocktail list, to be
enjoyed by couples - don't forget your umbrella!). I can only describe
it as a tangy lemon sherbet sensation!
This
sampler was a really fun way to ensure all senses had been well and
truly covered and we were both bowled over away by the attention to
detail and genuine love for the ingredients shown by the bar team. The
cocktails are a real treat and their aim to get the conversation started
certainly worked as we headed back out into the evening all smiles and
gossip flowing.
Head down to either their St John’s Hill or Earlsfield venues to try one, or three, for yourselves.
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