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Esquire Philippines sits down with Ian Libang, co-founder and beverage director of The Bizarre Bar. He talks about their unique cocktail degustation, which is basically a five-course pairing of drinks and bites at this intimate venue

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00:00Every drink has a story to tell, every drink has an experience by itself.

00:06Coming into Bizarre other than a bar is also kind of like a theater show.

00:11Bizarre actually is a, technically it's a lavish cocktail degustation.

00:15Cocktails take the center stage and then the bar bites supports the cocktail.

00:21So our first menu release is called The Roots.

00:24So The Roots meaning the roots of Philippine culinary culture.

00:27So think of your regular Filipino household ingredients such as

00:30suka, patis, calamansi, toyo, bigas, and nyug.

00:37At Shara, technically is a cocktail that is paired with vinegar.

00:41The cocktail is kind of like an Aperol Sprite, took it in a way of a Filipino flavor.

00:46Sausawan, we have that thinking.

00:48Sausawan is soyo, calamansi, patis, but we turn it into a cocktail form.

00:54We have our gin pong.

00:56We created our own pomelo vinaigrette as the pomelo flavor.

01:00The kapet pandesal, it tastes like when you have your coffee in the morning,

01:06trying to dip in your pandesal, tapos nahulog siya sa ilalim.

01:10Bizarre coming in as a pioneer of cocktail degustation makes the brand solid.

01:19We're also here to tell a story.

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