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| - After seeing the good reviews of this establishment, I decided to head here for some post-dinner cocktails with my partner.
My partner ordered the Apothecary ($13--hayman's london dry, hayman's sloe gin, house tonic syrup, rosemary
tincture, lemon juice, perrier), while I ordered the Coco Lochness ($15--coconut infused auchentoshan single malt scotch, house spiced rum,
black cardamom bitters, grapefruit and lime juice, syrup, egg whites).
Both drinks sound different from each other, yet they tasted virtually identical.
And by that I mean they both tasted INCREDIBLY bitter and what I imagine cleaning products (i.e. Windex) would taste like. Note that I'm *not* being overly dramatic with my description of the flavour.
I felt embarrassed because my partner wanted to take me out for fancy drinks as a treat, and I didn't want to tell him that I was absolutely repulsed by what he bought for me. But once I found out that his drink also tasted like toxic cleaning agents, I realised that we should probably mention something to the waitress. When she hovered near our table, I mentioned how the drink was awfully bitter--but instead of saying anything to us she just walked away.
This happened several weeks ago, but I'm still really disappointed by this experience. And even if I tried, I don't think I'd be able to create such foul tasting beverages as the ones that were served to us here.
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