Okay, I officially had a cocktail!!

So I had to do a bit of research to even find a decent place in Paris to have a good cocktail. Funny, considering Paris was one of the cocktail centres for the whole prohibition-era world! Bartenders in the twenties, unable to continue their craft in their native country, flocked to places like London and Paris, but all of those places are long gone. The two surviving cocktail bars from the "Golden Era" are Harry's New York Bar, and the Hemingway Bar, located in the Ritz Hotel. The Ritz is currently undergoing a three-year complete overhaul, so that was out of the question. I did get a drink at Harry's, and it was pretty good and the bartender was good to talk to, but I think they're still stuck in their Bloody Mary ways.

However, I did a bit of research and came across this little place called the Experimental Cocktail Club, started in 2007 by a fella. Experimental was so successful that within a could years they opened two more bars in Paris. I looked for one of them called Prescription Cocktail Club, but couldn't find it. I have a suspicion that it was there, just unmarked. When I went to Experimental the next day the only marking was a small plaque on the side of the doorway, and when I entered I was met by a big fella who opened a black curtain into a tiny maybe 40-seater club with a DJ mixing beats on top of an old upright piano. 

But as for the drinks, unbelievable! These guys are masters of their craft, and they could balance the flavours on a pinhead! After ordering one of the menu, I asked the guy to make me something up, as long as it had spice and egg whites. I don't have the exact mesurements as the bar was a little busy to ask, but this is what was in it:

2 chunks of celery muddled in the bottom

1 egg white

cayenne pepper infused yellow chartreuse

Rittenhouse 100 proof rye

dash of celery bitters

dash of jamacian jerk bitters (I think)

and that was the most amazing thing I've tasted on this trip yet!

If you feel brave, play around with those flavour profiles and let me know what you come up with!