Bombay Sapphire are bringing back their atmospheric experience Project Botanicals: A Journey to the Edges of Food, Music & Imagination, taking the avid gin drinker and cocktail enthusiast back to the origins of their gin mix. Each two hour session promises to take guests on an interactive sensory journey with audio-visuals designed by artist Ta-Ku while tasting four creations from by Studio Neon chef Aaron Teece and complementing cocktails.
Cocktails will be shaken and stirred by the hands behind some of Australia’s top cocktail bars including Mjolner, The Barber Shop, Union Electric and Bar Moncur. On the menu are creative concoctions like licorice Jasmine Bloom paired with twisted duck pancakes with licorice root gel, and echoes of Morocco with a bright citrus, ginger spice and coriander seed cocktail paired with lamb tagine and coriander yogurt.
“I’ve always been fascinated by the intersection of music and visuals to invoke a certain emotion, which you can see in my photography and videography projects at home and whilst travelling”, said Ta-Ku who will be largely responsible for the overall atmosphere surrounding guests at Project Botanicals. “The change to integrate yet another sensory experience in to this with taste was something I jumped at, to create immersive music and visuals as part of the Bombay Sapphire Project Botanicals experience, transporting guests to the ends of the earth”.
Throughout the 2-hour experience, each guest will be dipped into a highly curated world representing Bombay Sapphire botanical locations across the globe, whether that mean chilling under a grove of trees in Spain or sitting atop the hazy Javanese mountains where cubeb berry is sourced for use in the gin. There’s plenty of surprises in store to make sure this iteration of Project Botanicals is Bombay Sapphire’s most ambitious to date, combining vivid light installations, food, and cocktails to focus on different tastes and sensations. The installations will also feature individual soundscapes created to enhance and change perceptions of the cocktails.
The series will be coming to Sydney from 16th November until Sunday 19th November, and Melbourne 23rd November until Sunday 26th November, with tickets on sale now for $40.
Project Botanicals
Sydney:
Where: 225 Euston Road, Alexandria
Tickets: $40+bf for four food and cocktail tasting experiences, and one signature gin and tonic twist. Additional dishes and cocktails are available for purchase for $14 each.
Session dates and times:
Thursday 16 Nov: 8pm-10pm
Friday 17 Nov: 5.30pm-7.30pm, 8pm-10pm
Saturday 18 Nov: 1.30pm-3.30pm, 4.30pm-6.30pm, 7.30pm-9.30pm
Sunday 19 Nov: 1.30pm-3.30pm, 4.30pm-6.30pm, 7.30pm-9.30pm
Melbourne:
Where: 524 Flinders, Melbourne VIC 3000
Tickets: $40+bf for four food and cocktail tasting experiences, and one signature gin and tonic twist. Additional dishes and cocktails are available for purchase for $14 each.
Session dates and times:
Thursday 23 Nov: 8.30pm-10.30pm
Friday 24 Nov: 6pm-8pm, 8.30pm-10.30pm
Saturday 25 Nov: 2.30pm-4.30pm, 5.30pm-7.30pm, 8.30pm-10.30pm
Sunday 26 Nov: 1.30pm-3.30pm, 4.30pm-6.30pm, 7.30pm-9.30pm
For tickets and more details head to www.projectbotanicals.com.au
Image: Stuart Garske
UPDATE
: The Sydney venue for Project Botanicals, A Journey To The Edges Of Taste, Music and Imagination from 16th – 19th November has been changed to 225 Euston Road, Alexandria. All currently allocated tickets remain valid and ticketholders can use their original confirmation email to gain entry. Bombay Sapphire apologise for any inconvenience caused and are excited to bring you a new and reinvented avant-garde sensory experience at this location. Should you have any questions, please email [email protected] or call 02 8249 0341.
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