Analogue Initiative (CHIJMES)

Biggies 4/5
Spaceman 3/5
Adzuki 2/5
Smokey Jerky 2/5

a non-alcoholic cocktail that’s umami from the olives🍸 and zesty from the yuzu🍋

This cocktail is inspired by neapolitan-flavoured freeze dried ice-cream sandwiches eaten during space missions.
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It features a blend of gin, Cocchi Americano quinine herbal liqueur, Campari orange herbal liqueur, peanut butter, and Kyoho grape juice. Nicely refreshing with its fruity sweet bitter herbal nutty flavour.
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The beverage is garnished with a freeze-dried treat made from tonka meringue (analogue for vanilla), carob gel (analogue for chocolate), and strawberry powder, crumbling with a sticky grainy texture and milky sweet fruity notes.
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A future-forward musing on what a determined astronaut might possibly concoct.
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Analogue Initiative
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/02/analogue-initiative.html

This is a contemporary plant-based take on the Puerto Rican cocktail, the Piña Colada.
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This modern deconstructed dessert comprises a scoop of creamy smooth clove and fermented chili infused ice cream with milky herbal sweet spice flavour.
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Paired with skewers of juicy grilled pineapple with fruity sweet smoky flavour, and crunchy chickpea tuille wafers with earthy sweet savoury flavour that crunches beautifully. A unique burst of flavours.
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Analogue Initiative
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/02/analogue-initiative.html

These Mexican inspired vegetarian Tacos feature a crisp crunchy corn tortilla shell with grainy salty sweet flavour.
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Filled with crisp butterhead lettuce with vegetal sweet flavour, and a unique house special crumbly chewy jackfruit rendang whose spice marinade results in a bold fruity sweet savoury sour spice flavour.
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Dressed with fresh micro coriander with a touch of vegetal bitter herbal flavour, each satisfying bite made me crave for more.
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Analogue Initiative
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/02/analogue-initiative.html

While originally a plant-based mocktail, I'd opted to get this beverage converted to a cocktail instead.
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This looks clear, but features a blend of mezcal, golden pear juice, yuzu juice, olive juice, elderflower juice, and garnished with a sprig of burnt rosemary.
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Said to embody sunshine, this is rightly bright and refreshing, with big fruity sweet sour earthy floral flavours. Interesting combination of tastes.
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Interesting tidbit - the table tops here are 'grown' from mushroom spores, while the vibrant coloured coasters are recycled from plastic.
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Analogue Initiative
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/02/analogue-initiative.html