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Katie Loeb's cocktailing at the new Han Dynasty
Gotta love any email that contains the phrases "old-school Chinese," "housemade ginger beer" and "tiki menu."
Katie Loeb's cocktailing at the new Han Dynasty
Gotta love any email that contains the phrases "old-school Chinese," "housemade ginger beer" and "tiki menu." Those and more were in a message bartender-about-town Katie Loeb shout out in regards to her plans for the new University City outpost of Han Dynasty (3711 Market St.).
The former Chick's, Oyster House and Tapestry gin whisperer is drawing inspiration from the classic Chinese-restaurant cocktail Rolodex: Suffering Bastards, Flaming Volcanoes and other retro Sino-American elixirs that always seem like a good idea at 3 a.m. in Chinatown. Just don't expect cloying fruit punches; Loeb is updating the recipes with from-scratch syrups (passion fruit, orgeat), sodas, cordials and house-infused spirits. Lemongrass, for example, is currently imparting its exotic floral flavor to vodka, the base of a Chengdu Mule capped off with the aforementioned ginger beer. We also like the sounds of the Sino-Rita, a reposado margarita infused with tangerine peel and rimmed with a mix of raw sugar, salt and the Handynasty favorite, numbing Szechuan peppercorn. Look for the new cocktail list to be live in a few weeks.
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