"I've been fine-tuning my gin cocktails with inputs from my team." You can expect classics like the Breakfast Martini, Pornstar Martini, Whisky Sour and Old fashioned from her. I'm scared I might end up shattering the glasses." Each cocktail that she concocts is offered to the staff for feedback. "But the bar here, is too small for that. In London, she even picked up a couple of flair bartending tricks. Last weekend, she was here for over nine hours every day getting her hands dirty. The space has become somewhat of a laboratory for her experiments. In the last few months, even as rumour mills churned stories about her separation from actor Imran Khan, whom she married in 2011 and with whom she has a five-year-old daughter Imara, Avantika has found refuge in a cosy corner of the restaurant with its warm natural wood finishes, cherry blossom motifs and Japanese inscriptions.
She is now the official mixologist at the restaurant, fronting the bar pretty much on a regular basis.
The idea of using plums was suggested by a friend while discussing cocktails at the restaurant.įor somebody who "has always loved booze and talking about booze", Avantika has found her calling. "I've used Umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums) that adds a salty, savoury note to a classic sour drink." She's allergic to citrus-a regular element in most cocktails-and has finally found a way to work around it herself. "Ume Shochu Sour is a Korean liquer based-cocktail made from potatoes," she informs. Their banter flows as smooth and warmly as the salmon-coloured cocktail Avantika has whipped up.
We're with the siblings at their restaurant Mizu in Worli on a balmy evening, a day before Raksha Bandhan. Let me just buy the rakhi for you," ribs Vedant. So much so, that she admits nearly missing buying a rakhi for brother Vedant. Producer and daughter to media mogul Vandana Malik, the 37-year-old is back in the bay, but the hangover is far from waning. This monsoon when most of us were busy battling the downpour and negotiating potholes, Avantika Malik was tumbling into the world of heady cocktails at the London's European Bartender School.
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