Le Syndicat Bar in Paris Is Serving Cocktails Filled with Cheese
"A Parisian bar devoted to showcasing French spirits through inventive, often dairy-forward cocktails that use clarification techniques to tame bold flavors. Its Gettin' Milky with Nut combines Roquefort, curry, gin, milk, and walnut vinegar; by using a milk-punch clarification (adding milk and blue cheese to an acidified spirit mix), curds and whey separate and leave a silky texture with a subtle, restrained blue-cheese note balanced by curry and walnut vinegar. The venue runs a seasonal rotating menu highlighting French produce (recently fig, tomato, and asparagus), features other cheese-focused drinks such as a G.O.A.T. topped with goat-cheese mousse, and positions itself with a patriotic mission to protect and modernize French spirits, per creative director Thibault Massina, with new cheese cocktails continually in development." - Alexandra Owens
