SPIRITS
SEASONAL COCKTAIL COCKTAIL SEASONAL
by byPaola Paola Mencarelli Mencarelli
IL FIORE DEI FIORI Oscar Quagliarini
3 cl di Ylang N°0 - 6 cl di Tanqueray Gin
Glass: Old Fashioned Technique: Stir and Strain Garnish: Edible flower
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l Fiore dei Fiori is one of the cocktails on the drink list created for Il Bar in the Food Hall located on the 7th floor of Milan's Rinascentedepartment store. Of clearly floral inspiration, the drink is structured despite its only two ingredients. The Ylang n°0 liqueur, created by Oscar in his laboratory Le Garagiste in Senigallia following the development line of a perfumer rather than a liqueurist, is a 24 volume liqueur, floral and citrusy, composed of jasmine, green mandarin and Ylang Ylang, a flower that grows in Nosy Be in Madagascar and that's widely used in perfumery. Mixed with gin, the cocktail is served on an ice chunk and decorated with an edible flower.
BARTENDER: Roman-born in 1978, at age 19 Oscar Quagliarini is already working behind the counter. An innate talent and a dazzling career, made up of study - with countless master classes at international level - travel and important work experiences. Pravda Vodka Bar, Lacerba, Zinc are just some of the places where he worked in Italy; in Paris he collaborated in the opening of Grazie and Herbarium at Hôtel National des Arts et Métiers. Multifaceted and visionary, he was fascinated by the world of molecular cuisine - his gurus are Ferran Adrià and Thierry Marx - and, in recent years, in Paris, by perfumery, inspired by the maîtres parfumeurs Annick Goutal, Jean-Claude Ellena and Jean-Paul Guerlain. He works with flowers, spices and perfumes, handcrafting the essences he uses in the composition of his recipes. He has created the formulas for his own line of Vermouth and Bitter Q (www.qliquori.com) and is the author of books “The universe of Oscar Q” and “Herbarium,” a trilogy dedicated to herbs.
GAMBERO ROSSO
15
SEPTEMBER 2020