There are very few bars in the East London area that I haven’t
now been to. So when a new bar opens it pretty much goes on the list
immediately.

The drinks are classics with a twist, in the main. For
example, the mojito my friend had was made with sake, yuzu, mint molasses and
despina. I had the Corpse reviver – which was pisco, herbal liqueur, coffee
liqueur and had an umeboshi plum sunk into it. Do not eat the plum. It is most
definitely there to infuse the drink with its flavour and not for consumption.
It is basically a pickled fruit and tastes of bitterness and vinegar. Apart
from this, couldn’t fault my drink. The Sandy Collins I followed it with was
also very good, and my friend got them to spike their Shirley Temple with vodka
for her drink. I would happily venture behind the wall again.
Speaking of cocktail bars that are off the road well-travelled, I also popped to Machine No 3 the other week and completely forgot to
write about it. Named for the launderette that it used to be, this is pretty
much in Homerton, very near the Kenton. At 11 pm and so far from everything
else, I was unsurprised that there were only about 6 other people in the place
besides us. We had a Basil and Blueberry that was made with quinoa vodka and a Rum Manhattan with xocolatl mole and marasca syrup and they were more than lovely enough but it’s too far
for me to come back to on a regular basis. We especially liked all the different cocktail ingredients laid out like an apothecary's shop, and the place is also good for craft beer, so if this was my neighbourhood then I imagine I would be very tempted to pop in more often than I should.
Anyway, after BTW, we went over to Dalston for a variety of whisky sours at Whisky Sour taking place below Pelicans and Parrots before giving Ruby’s Lounge another shot (was not a fan of the music), heading to The Dalston Jazz club which had emptied because of a fire alarm and ending up at the stalwart that is The Haggerston. Another successful Friday night crawl.
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