Fancy going downtown
to a swanky bar-come-laboratory? That's lucky, I've got just the place for you.
It's called The Alchemist, there are 3 branches (two in Manchester and a new
one in Leeds) and I love it.
My favourite things
about The Alchemist:
The yummy cocktails
The fun props they use to
make them (such as tiny sieves and small stoves)
The attractive bartenders
(Nb. Not in order of
preference)
Cocktails start
from about £6 and they are DIVINE. The extensive menu includes all the
classics (Mr. Mojito and the like) as well as many new inventions. Put it this way, if someone demanded that I choose a television programme to represent The Alchemist it would be
Pimp My Ride. The ingredients are exciting and unexpected - a handful of dried
rosebuds, passion fruit, flames and even dry ice!
To be honest it is more like a
bar-come-laboratory-come-theatre with all the drama and props. £6 for a
personal show. I mean when you look at it like that, it's a bargain.
Scarlett's Do's
& Don'ts (I'm trialling this format, let me know what you think)
Do use this 'funky hangout' for a fancy
birthday drink. I would say that respite from a long, hard day of shopping is
also a valid reason but I have a feeling dad would disagree.
Don't use it as a picnic venue. Extreme hunger
forced me to run round the corner to Tesco Express
for some Hula Hoops. Unfortunately Mr Alchemist (the manager's formal title, I
believe) isn't okay with people eating crisps at the bar so learn from my
mistakes and eat before you go/in their restaurant.
OR you could just
take my word for it and go …
… (and order me a
Peach Bellini as a thank you).
