Attending an interactive tour of cocktails in the most prestigious hotel and entertainment center in the country, Solaire Resort and Casino was indeed an extra-ordinary experience for me.
The rainy weather plus the cold ambiance inside Solaire made it more perfect to digest the art of making mixed drinks called Mixology. I even wanted to sipped on my perfect drink, but before the blending begun, we were introduced to Solaire mixologist, Ryan Neil Dela Cueva.
Mr. Dela Cueva, honed his expertise in mixology for seven years in Dubai. It was also Ryan who familiarized us on cocktail tools and thought us how to pack a cocktail. As a starter, we made the Duchess with mango and pomegranate espuma or foam.
Lady’s drink
With Duchess, you can taste the barrel-aged whisky, a bit bitter, but the mango and pomegranate espuma leaves a sweet sensation on the tongue. How to make the Duchess? Just mix all these liquid.
Margarita is the most common among lady’s drink immortalized by tequila, lime juice and cointreau. What amazes me in this mix was the making of Agave caviar pearl. It’s a liquid mix that solidifies when soaked in water. The pearls even made the Margarita exquisite and enticing to consume.
Lady’s drink
Smoked Russian is definitely for men. The taste is more masculine with the combination of smoked vodka and infused tobacco kahlua. That cinnamon stick added twist to the drink and leaves a lasting taste on the mouth.
For the macho
A bitter and sweet concoction, Aged Negroni, was a combination of Campari, Campano Antica and Hendricks gin. Notice the orange ice ball inside? To make the ice ball, you’ll gonna need a Japanese machine worth half a million pesos.
Indulge it with the orange ice ball
Not your ordinary cocktail. This is how I described Cocktail Spheres made by Mr. Dela Cueva. How he made it drew my attention and curiosity. In fact, I do love this cocktail as it exploded in my mouth.
You’ll gonna love this in your mouth
The fun in mixing drinks continued when we were allowed to make our own cocktail. Just imagine how many drinks can we invent using variety of alcoholic beverages.
Of course, I’m sharing to you our own concoction of tequila, cranberry juice, mint, tonic water and a slice of orange. They said it tasted more like an orange juice, lolz.
Our very own Finestra sunset
Our group picture with Solaire Mixology Team, lifestyle and food bloggers after the educational session.
The mixology session was held at Finestra, a fine dining restaurant in Solaire that offers authentic Italian dishes.
Finestra not only caters to gourmet pizza and pasta, it also houses thousands of bottles of internationally known wines, brandy, gin, whisky and beer, name it.
Aside from Finestra you can also enjoy your choice of cocktails in the following restaurants and bars inside Solaire
1) STRIP – Solaire signature Steakhouse that also houses thousands of bottles of wine, including the most expensive in the world.
2) RED LANTERN – offers authentic Cantonese cuisine
3) YAKUMI – perfect for Japanese food lovers. The haven of fresh seafoods.
4) DRAGON BAR – caters drink and snack to casino players
5) ECLIPSE BAR and LOUNGE – makes variety of cocktails. It has live entertainment for party-goers
Whenever you want to drink and relax, head on to Solaire Resort and Casino at #1 Asean Avenue, Entertainment City, Tambo, Paranaque City. It is strategically located near SM Mall of Asia; Makati City; Bonifacio Global City, Taguig and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
I am a fan of cocktails! My favorite is mojito, it’s simple but there is a crisp in every sip.. Well, the Margarita you made is really enticing. Not the typical one that you order in a bar. 🙂 Thanks for sharing. Gab – http://www.taragumala.blogspot.com
Mixing drinks can be a really great skill that can come in handy on parties and dinners.
I’m so jealous that you got to experience this! It’s so cool and I’ve always been so curious about these drinks! Hope I can try this soon as well! 😀
I drink alcoholic beverages during special occasions but learning how to mix drinks is something that I’d love to learn just for me to enjoy sipping and just have a good time! 😀
Beer is a no-no for me but I can drink cocktails all night long! You’re lucky to be at this event.
Though I don’t drink hard drinks, I still want to go to Solaire, I heard that the place is really extra ordinary.
Got my knowledge about mixology through self when I really wanted to learn. Well, you have to know the basics first like,; ingredients, utensils, equipments, and procedures to do the work. Besides, use your flexibility to discover as your masterpieces.
Its been decades since I ‘d a sip of cocktail. I am too familiar with Margarita. The Smoked Russian is something Iwish to try.
This will come in handy for me. I only learned how to make one from a friend of mine who trained for it and worked in bars.
I remember when I was in school, we studied this and got a 78 grade in our practical exam. boy it was hard to memorize ingredients. hahahahaha. if we did it wrong or right, nothing else would happen but to drink it.
I wanna try these cocktails. I also would want to try Finestra after eating a couple of times at Fresh.
So, how many drinks have you tasted? hehehe
Good news, Papaleng, you can visit Solaire Eclipse Entertainment Lounge because they have the ‘Nightfall Specials for Dad’ promo. It’s a buy one and get one (selected) cocktails for only 350 pesos
Yes, Sir Fernando, it requires a lot of skills and techniques too
I suggest you should try the Mojito Cocktail Spheres. It’s good and great!
That’s my kind of event.. Would have loved to taste all those kinds of cocktails.
I honestly don’t know anything about drinks and liquors as I seldom drink, but these ones you have here are pretty interesting. 🙂
These are the blogger events I would love to attend! This is really mixing fun and learning how to make your own cocktails.
I’m intrigued by the cocktail on the spoon. I have never tried anything like that. Kudos to Solaire and the person who concocted that kind of cocktail!
It’s Mojito Cocktail Spheres, something new to me too. But oh, I loved it.
I’ve always been interested in learning how to mix cocktails. Looks so much fun! Hope I get to try this someday.
Whoa! I’ve heard this event thru a friend of mine. Haven’t taste a wine in my entire life.
Do you drink/eat it in one shot or spoonful? I wonder if this type you take all at once or you savor and take small bites.
You’ll take it all at once, Karen.
I think it’s best to pair these cocktails with steaks at STRIP. 🙂
this sounds really interesting..
I’m not adept with mixing drinks, even the ones on the get go.
I would love to know and understand the Science and Art for this.
mixing cocktails seem a lot of fun! Wish i could try your specialty someday 🙂
Wow! The experience looks very exciting. I have friends who do mixes too but this is a professional level! Lucky you to have the opportunity to witness this.
I’ve heard about Finestra and I will definitely ask my parents to take me there one time. I’m a pasta lover so I want to try them out. Have you tried them? If yes, what pasta did you like most? 🙂
I love to drink cocktails.. though I dunno how to mix it well to taste yummy!
Great post.. There are recipes to drinks that I have never tried before! Will definitely try these.
They have a lot of nice cocktails at Solaire. That’s coming from their great team.
Cocktail Spheres are my favourite from all that you have described about. Sounds like a great event dear and I loved your photos. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Having those cocktails is like being in heaven – I am sure they tastes yummy!
I am now a fan. You are so lucky to have experienced this. Envious overload here. LoL
The making of cocktail is an art. Will definitely send this is to my cocktail lover friends…Good that you included the recipes!
Hmmm, never tasted liquor for almost…all my life, tehehe. The last one- when I was 7 or 8 yrs old and my father made me take a sip of Sanmig beer which resulted to skin irritations afterwards, oh dads, you know:) But enough about me, all the drinks you mentioned here look appealing. Creative concoctions:)
How much fun that would be to learn to make those cool drinks and in such a gorgeous place to boot! I bet they tasted as good as they look!