The Piano Bar

A hidden delight, the Piano Bar provides the right mix of live music and quiet ambience for a pre-dinner drink, an intimate evening or a post-function wind down. Add delicious food from the cocktail menu and you have no reason to budge.

Entertainment for March 2010

Cocktail Recipes

Vodka with Crushed Lime and Mint

Made with seasonal citrus and aromatic mint, this effervescent muddled cocktail will get your dinner party off to a flying start.

Preparation Time
5 minutes

Ingredients (serves 6)
55g (1/4 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar
24 fresh mint leaves
3 limes, quartered
180ml vodka
Soda water, chilled, to serve
Ice cubes, to serve

Method
Divide the sugar, mint and lime among serving glasses. Use the end of a rolling pin to gently pound until lime is crushed.
Pour vodka among glasses. Top with soda water and ice. Serve.

Chill out on a Friday night with this delicious cocktail which blends fresh watermelon with pineapple juice.

Watermelon mai tai

Preparation Time
5 minutes

Ingredients (serves 8)
500g peeled watermelon, chopped
125ml (1/2 cup) Golden Circle pineapple juice
125ml (1/2 cup) white rum
60ml (1/4 cup) triple sec liqueur
1 tsp grenadine
Crushed ice, to serve

Method
Place the watermelon, pineapple juice, rum, liqueur and grenadine in the jug of a blender and blend until smooth.
Divide the ice among serving glasses. Pour over watermelon mixture to serve.

Notes & tips
Note: Make this recipe just before serving.
Tip: To make this drink suitable for designated drivers, omit alcohol and increase the pineapple juice to 1 cup.

*Recipes taken from www.taste.com.au