Sambar by Robyn Wolfe/ Marketing
Last Friday after work I met up with some of my favorite happy hour goers at little Sambar in Ballard. We were lucky enough to grab front row seats at the bar (there’s only one row!) where Jay, one of Seattle’s most talented bartenders, was meticulously stocking his bar for a very busy evening. Sambar houses many unique liquors to pair with specially infused syrups and freshly picked flower and herb garnishes that are plucked straight from the gardens that circle around Sambar and Le Gourmand. Jay is such a fabulous mixologist that all you have to do is tell him the liquor you prefer and then sit back and watch him carefully select each and every ingredient that he then shakes together to create your specialty cocktail. I spied a beautiful bottle that held a French ginger liqueur, and he concocted the gorgeous layered cocktail at the left (in the photo left). If I hadn’t ordered 2 more “Jay cocktails”, I might have been able to remember what was in that little elixer! But it was so good and refreshing I wasn’t about to stop at one. We also had incredible pommes frites (photo right), celery root soup sprinkled with crispy bacon, and a little souffle that melted in your mouth.
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