Often we feel the urge to hit a lounge cum bar after
spending a good amount of time chatting with friends at a restaurant. It’s
really rare to find an equally good lounge in the vicinity of an amazing
restaurant. If you are still unaware of one such combination in our very own
city of joy, that too in south Kolkata, then here is your answer to this. Chini
Kum boasts of a multi-cuisine restaurant as well as a separate plush lounge cum
bar that has set a standard for itself. I will review the restaurant separately
but this time I will speak a bit about the amazing lounge cum bar that is just
beside the Chini Kum multi-cuisine restaurant.
I was invited to this lovely spaced out place couple of
weeks ago for a tasting session along with few other Panchphoron food bloggers.
Just before visiting this place we completed the food tasting session at their
multi-cuisine restaurant which was an awesome experience in itself. So our
expectations were set pretty high when we walked into this lounge area. And to
be very true, my expectations were very well met and in the end I was just
overwhelmed by the skillful bar tender and his magical creations! He is surely
a mixology wizard, for sure. I was mighty impressed by the accuracy with which
we had hit the right proportions in each of the drinks.
Now let’s delve deep into this review and cover all the
major points which need some discussion. First let’s come to the location of
this lounge. It is located just opposite Acropolis mall beside the Chini Kum
restaurant. When you are coming in from Ruby, you need to take the immediate
right from the Acropolis mall crossing and take the lane adjacent to Acropolis
Mall, you can locate the Chini Kum restaurant and lounge, both on your left
hand side.
Let’s discuss briefly about the ambiance and then we can
move on to the drinks that we had tried. The place has an all-white feel to it
and that will somewhat calm you down as soon as you walk in. The place close to
the bar counter (which is at the farthest point from the entrance) has got
changing lights and it keeps on oscillating at short intervals which sometimes
may make you feel bit itchy about it :) As I said, here you will get everything
in white, the walls, the floor, the table tops, the couches, the cushioned
chairs, everything is in white. But yes, they do look quite elegant. The
crockery which are there already placed on the tables are pretty nice and
classy like the colored glass bottles, glasses, etc. The walls are shiny white
with violet small square blocks on it, the shine is not very preferred though,
would have looked nice if it had a matt finish to it. But yes, again everything
was spotless and neat, so it looked amazing. Just one small advice – please do
not stick paper print outs with messages on this lovely elegant walls, they do
not look good.
Coming to the beverages that we tried out here at the live
bar counter are –
Mocktails:
a) Deep blue sea – This was one of the best mocktails that I
tried at this place. Mainly because of the frothy ice-cream that it had in it. The
drink had Blue Curacao, vanilla ice cream and sprite. Quite simple, isn’t it?
And it tasted great. Worth a try!
b) Cinderella – This had a nice oranginsh hue to it at the
base of the glass, the top half was transparent. The drink had a mix of orange and
pineapple juice, some magical mix, a bit of grenadine syrup, and double soda.
The favor of the overall mix was okayish according to me.
c) Virgin Island – This was the best mocktail that we tried
at this place. It had a lovely sea green hue to it at the base of the glass and
the top half was transparent. The components mixed were Litchi juice, Pineapple
juice, Lime juice, Sugar syrup, Mint syrup, and double soda. Overall the taste
was wonderful and refreshing. I would highly recommend this non-alcoholic drink.
Cocktails:
a) Fire lady – Girls will surely love this drink for its
nice presentation, color and flavor. It had a pinkish orange color to it and
served in typical cocktail glasses. It had a mix of Orange juice, Smirnoff
vodka, Strawberry syrup, magical mix with a bit of egg white in it. It had a
medium kick to it and was overall sweet to taste. Worth a try!
b) Blue lagoon – Tough the name seemed to be pretty common
and clichéd but the drink was far from a typical glass of blue lagoon, it had a
nice kick and served in small portion with the essence of typical blue lagoon
bit dominated by the spirit content in it. It had the mix of Blue Curacao, Lime
juice, Sugar syrup, Smirnoff vodka topped with some soda. The overall taste can
still be enhanced here, though I somewhat liked and appreciated the fact that
it was served in a small glass which was easy to handle.
The service was courteous and the bar tended (as already
mentioned) was the key person here who did impress us with his mixing skills.
Overall it’s a nice place to chill out defying the hustle and bustle of the
city crowd. And it’s at a place which is so well connected and in fact not very
far away from the Ruby crossing. So, next time when you plan for an unwind
session do keep this place in mind just beside the Acropolis mall, you surely
won’t regret!
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