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Best Western
Carel Pedre
Chef Stephan
Cocktail Competition
DJ Gardy Girault
Gout et Saveurs
Haiti
Karibe Hotel
Les Palms
Myabel Restaurant
Nathania Dominique
Quartier Latin
Rhum Barbancourt
Smokey's
Last night was one of my favorite events of Gout et Saveurs:
Haiti Food and Spirits Festival, the Cocktail Competition!
This year the 3rd Edition of the competition was held at Les Palms in
Petion-Ville. Hosting the event was radio
personality, Carel Pedre and the beautiful Nathania Dominique. Many
of last year’s contenders were present, Karibe Hotel, Best Western as well as
some newcomers like, Smokey’s Restaurant.
DJ Gardy and DJ Power Mix entertained guest as they sampled various cocktails and some tasty tapas prepared by Chef Jouvens, Chef Paul Yellin, and Chef Stephane.
As customary, contestants were required to use event sponsor
and local liquor, Rhum Barbancourt.
Mixologist were quite creative using local elements such as lime, sugar
cane, and pineapple. Myabel Restaurant
even served their Thomazeau cocktail in a coconut shell along with coconut liqueur and almond essence. Another popular ingredient of the night was Blue
Curacao as with the Anacaona from Yuca Restaurant.
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| The Judges Table |
The winners of the night were:
3rd Place: Quartier Latin with the "Port Salut", made with Blue Curacao, lemon juice, pineapple juice, sugar, coconut, and mint leaves.
2nd Place: Best Western with the "Passion Tropical", made of light and dark rhum, vanilla essence, lemon juice, passion fruit, and sugar.
The 1st Place Winner: Smokey Restaurant with "The Smokey", made of orange liqueur, lemon juice, passion fruit juice, and syrop
Admission to the event was $30US. The fee may sound a bit high, but it was one of the least expensive events at the festival. I wouldn't have had a problem if I was able to get anything to eat! The cocktails were great, but with not so much as a few nuts to help, one could only have a few sips. Now I heard that there were tapas being bought around by servers, but I barely saw any. Perhaps the ones that did circle centered only along the "VIP" area. For the most part guest walked to the vendor tables, or could be seen standing along the few tall cocktail tables set up. On the other side of the pool, there were several reserved lounge settings. I mingled among both areas, and from the information, there were no higher priced tickets, so not sure what got you a reserved seat. No after party for me, I had to go get some food. Good thing I wasn't driving!
By Mystique
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