Post #557207 by virani on Fri, Oct 1, 2010 2:43 AM

I finally visited the Curio Parlor yesterday, after having trying and liking the Prescription, another bar of the same owners !
Curio Parlor and Prescription cocktail club are both Rive Gauche, wich is south of the Seine, in little streets near St Michel and Odéon.

The 3 bars are wonderful, different cocktail menus but all great.

And at the Curio, they have 2 tiki drinks :

• Jungle Bird Tiki (Campari, Dark Jamaican rum, Mount Gay Eclipse, Velvet Falernum, Peychaud bitters, fresh pineapple and lime)
• Jamaican Scorpion Tiki (Appleton VX, Cognac Grosperrin, lemon juice, Peychaud bitters, fresh OJ, and orgeat).

Both served in Tiki Farm mugs. Great ! My first tiki mug drink in a bar in Paris experience.

And my favorite I think (I tried 9 drinks with 2 friends) was the Spiced Mule (El Dorado Spiced rum, fresh Ginger, lime juice, vanilla sugar, organic ginger beer).
The Curio's Special is awesome too with Cucumber, Hendricks gin, mint, Ginger... a beautifully balanced drink.

I highly recommand the place. In the 3 bars, the bartenders are really friendly, knowsand like tiki, likes cocktail culture, talk a lot about it and are happy to learn about new drinks, products. They made me try a bunch of home made liquors, falernum (really good), gin...

[ Edited by: virani 2010-10-01 02:45 ]