I love my Fridays, I relax a little at work and enjoy our ‘4 o’clock is beer o’clock’ motto whilst we count down to the minutes where we finish at 4.30pm. How I don’t miss retail at all where we can spend our Friday evenings in the sun and enjoy a beer or cocktail with your colleagues. Last Friday was an exception, I really wanted to see a really good friend of mine who I used to work with back in my retail days and when she’s not ill, she’s broke so she made herself difficult to meet up with. Thankfully, I managed to lure her out and treated her to some complimentary cocktails at The Alchemist in Liverpool Street. I have always wanted to come here and didn’t have much of an expectation but there was a great ambience here. I believe there were a few stag do’s by the bar so we decided to chill in the restaurant area where I can actually talk and ‘hear’ my friend speak. Their wine and cocktail menu were impressively extensive and as recommended the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party was the most popular sharing cocktail and we couldn’t leave without trying.
Part of the molecular madness cocktails, “The Alchemist’s newest creations carefully crafted in our secret laboratory.We use a variety of molecular drinks-making techniques to surprise, baffle and confound your taste buds in a most pleasant manner.”
My friend and I were so excited to see the siphon making an appearance to create our Mad Hatter’s cocktail. In this cocktail there’s: Ketel One, elderflower liqueur, Cointreau, citrus, gomme and water boiled up and infused with a fresh fruit mix in the siphon. Then, after a cloud of frozen ice mists over, it is then served warm and smoking in tea cups! So so cute! Not only did it look awesomely cool and spectacular, it actually tasted delicious. With so much alcohol content in there I was surprised that the cocktail tasted more like fruit water with a hint of alcohol. But I am not complaining because that’s my favourite kind of cocktail, fruity and delicious without the alcohol empowering the drink. The Mad Hatter’s sharing cocktail is £20 on the menu, definitely something you would order for coming to The Alchemist.
I wanted to sample more of the molecular madness so I ordered the intriguing Bubble Bath cocktail (at £7.50): Bombay Dry, Chambord, Aperol, apple juice and a dash of sugar syrup combined with a little Alchemist magic! By Alchemist magic it’s exactly how you would imagine a bubble bath in a cocktail glass. Check out my instagram for more pics and video in action. My friend had the Solero cocktail (at £7.50): Passoã, Ketel One, lemon and lime juice, orange and apple juice with a touch of mango syrup all garnished with white chocolate foam. I took a sip out of hers…I was a tad jealous and wanted a Solero myself, it tasted exactly like a Solero which is one of my favourite ice creams by the way. It was a fantastic evening with attentive waitresses (I had no waiters…hmm) and I cannot wait to come back here again!
Thank you The Alchemist for the complimentary evening of drinks and sharing platter from your menu and I cannot wait to come back here again with my friends.
To see the full list of their creative cocktails and fine selection of wine, you can find this here.
The Alchemist is located on 6 Bevis Marks, London EC3A 7BA
If you want to give them a call to make a reservation: 020 7283 8800
Open from 8am Monday to Friday, and 12pm on Saturdays
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