Jonathan's Angels
After all the search,
I had to do to be here, I was really hoping to be good. My first
impression was pleased. The desing of this bar is stunning. It is a
combination of a historical building and a cool atmoshpere made by great rock
music (songs from my most favourite comedy ´´The Snatch´´) and a cool looking
paintings.. simply everywhere. To that, You've got nice, stylish furniture and
quite good looking bar display. Downstairs, there is one more, small room and a
toilets. Everything is made in one continous desing and your overal impression
is : ,,Coooooool!´´
Then I sat down on the bar, I started to chat with the
bartender and I looked to the menu. At that point I've got a little suspicious,
because the personell didn't have any dresscode. That means a lot actually,
because then I know what can I expect from the service itself, so after I found
´´Brandy Crusta´´ on the menu, I didn't get excited too much. I ordered it anyway, because I
was curious. It is not very common to find this cocktail created by Jerry
Thomas on a menu and it is much more rare to get it ´´in a good shape.´´
The second part is proven even here. I got this drink in a long tumbler glass,
and the ´´crusta´´ was a layer of sugar as long as ½ of the lenght of that
glass. Originally, it was a short cocktail, so here they make it longer, by
adding ice qubes. The result is… very watery cocktail and You will get an
impression, that ´´something is missing in there.´´
So I was sipping this long drink and I was talking with
my bartender. I
arrived there very late, so there were only another few poeple except of me and
our conversation broke that awkward silence, when the songs were changing.
I could see, that the bartender is interested in
bartending itself, however he still needs to learn a lot, since that Brandy
Crusta was worthless and then the ´´Cuba Libre on the house´´ he made for me,
was served with a lemon instead of a lime. Small detail You may admit. But if
You have ´´X´´ amount of bartending courses and a ´´masterclass course of
bartending´´ ( as he said,
that he has ), You should know, that behind one small slice of a lime (NOT
LEMON), there is a big piece of history…
But after all, i would rate this bar as
´´recommendable´´ for normal common guests. AT LEAST they know that Brandy
Crusta exists, here. However if You are a true fan of bartending, I would give
this bar only a ´´considerable.´´ Shortly said : Slightly better, than average
bar. Pitty. Desing and atmosphere is taken down a bit by people.
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