{"id":9868,"date":"2016-12-22T13:56:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T21:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=9868"},"modified":"2020-07-14T21:37:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T04:37:25","slug":"chinatown-cocktail-crawl-part-3-juniper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/chinatown-cocktail-crawl-part-3-juniper\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinatown Cocktail Crawl Part 3 – Juniper"},"content":{"rendered":"

We came to Juniper<\/a> for a glamorous cocktail. But the place impressed me the least during our Chinatown Cocktail Crawl.<\/p>\n

Maggi had her eye on the Huli Huli<\/strong>\u00a0($42) for a while, and I shared the cocktail with her. The drink is described as being \u201cbright and shiny\u201d, and is supposed to be made of Absolut Elyx, pineapple, Chartreuse, passionfruit caviar, gold flakes, mint, bubbles, sparkles. By the sound of it, this should be\u00a0right\u00a0up Maggi’s alley for the novelty. But for a whopping 42-dollar price tag, this drink seemed a little underwhelming. \u00a0It was served in a golden brass pineapple shaped drinking vessel with a sparking stick lit. \u00a0The sparks was short lived and lasted\u00a0about 60 seconds. Then the server removed the top of the vessel and turned the whole thing into a goblet, revealing the \u00a0top layer of the cocktail. There were no gold flakes, and we were looking at the golden passionfruit\u00a0caviar on top of fresh mint leaves and ice cubes. And the\u00a0flavour was very punch-like and a little too sweet for me. And because there was so much ice, and I could barely taste any alcohol. \u00a0Also the dark dining room on a winter’s night wasn’t\u00a0exactly the right place for such a Hawaiian inspired drink. \u00a0 I don’t I’m every gonna order this again<\/p>\n

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\"me<\/a>
me & maggi enjoying “Huli Huli”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\u201cHuli<\/a>
\u201cHuli Huli\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Huli<\/a>
“Huli Huli”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kristina has been here so often that the server already ordered the Chinatown Cocktail<\/strong> ($14) for her at the bar right buy levitra online canadian pharmacy <\/a> after we walked in. Featuring wild turkey rye, china china, punt e mes and odd society bittersweet vermouth, and served in a small wine glass, to me the drink tasted like the Old Fashioned but with a slight stronger orange taste. \u00a0Lou’s Grapefruit Mule <\/strong>($13)\u00a0was just okay. At this point I think the Moscow Mule inspired cocktails are \u00a0so over done – they would put anything with ginger beer and call it a “Mule”. And if you call it a mule, at least use the copper mug as supposed to, or you will lose the unique flavour from the chemical reaction between copper and fruit acidity.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cGin<\/a>
\u201cGin Grapefruit Mule\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\u201cChinatown<\/a>
\u201cChinatown cocktail\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also shared a Wood Board<\/strong>\u00a0 ($14) of snacks, a trio of\u00a0house House made jerky, mixed olives and root chips. The snacks were actually quite decent.<\/p>\n

\"Snacks<\/a>
Snacks on Wood Board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Overall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our cocktail crawl experience at Juniper slightly suffered from the disappointment of the 42-dollar Huli Huli. If I could do it again, I would definitely rather have 4 of us order 4 different cocktails instead. As \u00a0their snacks seemed quite decent, and I would probably come back to try their food next time.<\/p>\n

\"Juniper\"<\/a>
Juniper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Juniper\"<\/a>
Juniper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also see:<\/h3>\n

Chinatown Cocktail Crawl Part 1 – Mamie Taylor’s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chinatown Cocktail Crawl Part 2 – Juke<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Chinatown Cocktail Crawl Part 3 – Juniper<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chinatown Cocktail Crawl Part 4 –\u00a0Bao Bei<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chinatown Cocktail Crawl Part 5 –\u00a0Keefer Bar<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Website and menu:<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.junipervancouver.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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