Little Drink, Big Flavour: Marmont Is Serving a New Mini Cocktail Menu Featuring Eight Concoctions and a Sardine Snack Pairing
Saunter into this restaurant’s Cali-inspired digs to indulge in eight mini cocktails delivered with plenty of punch.
Mini cocktails are big news at the moment, with restaurants and bars around the country responding to customer trends that demand less alcohol consumption and affordable yet fancy drinks. California-inspired venue Marmont is the latest to get involved, serving up a brand-new menu of eight cocktails without the full-size commitment from its Southbank home.
These small-scale tipples are ice cold and built for sipping, with three classic concoctions ready for your enjoyment: a gin martini, a vodka martini and a manhattan. However, casting your gaze down the lists reveals an increasingly creative selection of cocktails, like the Italian Intervention — a pocket-sized beverage brimming with mezcal, Cocchi Americano and apricot.
Also on the menu are a Mulholland vodka martini featuring butter vodka, Tito's, white vermouth and orange bitters, and a Smokey Rob Roy, where rye whisky and red vermouth combine with minty Fernet Branca Menta to create a fascinating twist on a century-old classic. With several more drinks to sample, the smaller pour makes tasting your way through the range easy.
Running alongside the mini cocktail menu, Marmont is serving a limited-time pairing, with its mini Rosita cocktail matched with bite-sized sardines on toast. This inventive cocktail replaces the gin in a negroni with tequila and mezcal, creating a bittersweet and herbaceous finish with a hint of smoke. Harmonising with the saltiness of your snack, the cured sardine, crème fraîche, lardo, shokupan and thyme deliver a bold bite.
Available for $14–15 each, these mini cocktails might be tiny, but they've still got plenty of boozy punch when you're celebrating with friends. Perfect for sipping down from Marmont's digs overlooking the Yarra River and the CBD, perhaps these forward-thinking creations are just the excuse you need to get down for a lunch or dinner sesh.
Launched in December last year, in partnership with Crown Melbourne, Marmont serves as the triumphant homecoming of leading hospitality figure Grant Smillie, who had spent the previous 12 years in Los Angeles. With a laidback, seafood-centric approach, sipping sunset drinks against a skyline backdrop at Marmont never goes amiss.
Marmont's mini cocktail menu is available daily from 12pm–11pm at Crown Melbourne, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank. Head to the website for more information.
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