Trend 9: Exotic fruits
Coconut and pineapple are being supplanted by the use of increasingly exotic fruits, and even vegetables, in the preparation of all types of beverages.
London’s Ping Pong has compensated for the lack of alcohol in its Dubai outlet by using unusual ingredients including basil seeds, goji berries, kumquat, lychee, rose and rambutan, says general manager Angelo Domenico Rosato.
“The challenge was to find new ways of balancing and layering flavour and our mixologists are pushing the creative boundaries with a fig and passion fruit mocktail – the latest addition to the menu at Ping Pong Dubai.”
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Marcus King at Uptown Bar plumps for freshly grated tonka bean and nutmeg, while Zamboni at the Radisson Royal also favours Asian fruits such as passion fruit and rambutan.
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