{"id":254,"date":"2008-02-14T12:34:29","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T12:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/eben-freeman-cocktail-aficionado-at-the-exclusive-bacardi-house\/"},"modified":"2008-02-14T12:34:29","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T12:34:29","slug":"eben-freeman-cocktail-aficionado-at-the-exclusive-bacardi-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/eben-freeman-cocktail-aficionado-at-the-exclusive-bacardi-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Eben Freeman, cocktail aficionado, at the exclusive Bacardi House"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Perfect Mojito<\/h2>\n

Alistair Marsella sees Eben Freeman, cocktail aficionado, perform the exclusive Bacardi House<\/em><\/p>\n

As a lover of all things Latin and the pulsating Mambo beat, I couldn\u2019t resist an invitation to attend a very special event at the exclusive Bacardi House. <\/p>\n

This tastefully decorated building \u2013 at a secret London location \u2013 has a bar reminiscent of the most flamboyant Batista era, and is like being transported straight to the island, pre-revolution, when flamboyant excess was rife. <\/p>\n

To celebrate the anniversary of Don Facundo Bacardi Masso\u2019s first manufacture of rum, on 4th February 1862, I watched a demonstration of the perfect Mojito of the future. This was expertly prepared and mixed by the cocktail aficionado<\/strong>, New Yorker Eben Freeman<\/strong>. Eben, having first donned gloves and protective goggles, uses liquid nitrogen, which produces a Frankenstein-like mist pouring over the bowl. Expertly, and with the aid of the nitrogen, tiny balls of mint and lime are produced, and then added into the rum. When drunk, the balls dissolve against the roof of the mouth, releasing shot after shot of lemon and lime into the elixir: a truly refreshing and exciting Mojito. <\/p>\n

I look forward to drinking many more, and will be putting in my order for liquid nitrogen!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alistair Marsella.<\/p>\n

\"Eben<\/p>\n

Eben Freeman and the bar.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Perfect Mojito Alistair Marsella sees Eben Freeman, cocktail aficionado, perform the exclusive Bacardi House As a lover of all things Latin and the pulsating Mambo beat, I couldn\u2019t resist an invitation to attend a very special event at the exclusive Bacardi House. This tastefully decorated building \u2013 at a secret London location \u2013 has read more …<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}