{"id":36761,"date":"2017-02-16T08:52:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T08:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=36761"},"modified":"2017-02-14T10:54:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T10:54:17","slug":"twankey-bar-relaunches-new-prohibition-style-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/twankey-bar-relaunches-new-prohibition-style-cocktails\/","title":{"rendered":"Twankey Bar Relaunches With New Prohibition Style Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last\u00a0year the Twankey Bar relaunched following a creative reinvention. The bar\u2019s update is strongly influenced by prohibition America, where sipping cocktails was a luxury and innovation was used to make the most of the ingredients on offer. The Twankey Bar\u2019s renaissance is spearheaded by Cape Town Mixologist, AJ Snetler, the winner of numerous mixology awards and custodian of the decadent, crafted cocktail menu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Located on the corner of Wale and Adderley street, The Twankey Bar is associated with the five-star, luxurious Taj Cape Town hotel. Using intriguing cocktail-making methods from wood-chip smoking and blazing to teapot brewing. Every ingredient is made fresh on the premises: every infusion, syrup and garnish is made from scratch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaya Onaran, Food and Beverage Director at Taj Cape Town says AJ was able to bring something completely new to the bar.
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\u201cHis incredible gift and passion has meant our new offering is highly curated, with an ever-changing cocktail menu featuring the freshest and most exciting ingredients the Western Cape has to offer. The bar is a sumptuous sanctuary in the Cape Town city centre attracting creatives, professionals, tourists and locals alike.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nHe said the deep traditions of the Spice Route are evident in the food menu. <\/span><\/p>\n
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\u201cThe food is an eclectic melange of carefully created tapas-styled dishes. It features refined versions of Indian street snacks as well as local and international influences in dishes like the Asian salmon tataki, the spiced lamb and blue cheese croquettes and fish and chip sliders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

AJ explains his vision for the bar is based on an intuitive, personalised style. \u201cA good barman is able to read a patron\u2019s mood and serve a drink which will perfectly suit the occasion.\u00a0 We are all about\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0unique, exceptional experience. Our barmen have been hand-picked and trained in the art of cocktail making. We see ourselves as an academy that will be sending highly skilled bar-people out into the world when they are ready!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Twankey Bar\u2019s d\u00e9cor with its curved leather and mahogany chairs, marble bar counters and wooden floors all invite long, lingering visits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last\u00a0year the Twankey Bar relaunched following a creative reinvention. The bar\u2019s update is strongly influenced by prohibition America, where sipping cocktails was a luxury and innovation was used to make the most of the ingredients on offer. The Twankey Bar\u2019s renaissance is spearheaded by Cape Town Mixologist, AJ Snetler, the winner of numerous mixology awards and custodian of the decadent, crafted cocktail menu.\u00a0 Located on the corner of Wale and Adderley street, The Twankey Bar is associated with the five-star, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}