My Hen's Night

Held at

1806 and Champagne Lounge

We started the night at 1806....

The Look: 1806 is a kind of cocktail apothecary featuring, amongst other things, a collection of vintage shakers and mixing equipment it is understated, with an old-world aura. Eighteen hundred and six was the year that the word cocktail was first used in print, and on the 13th of May that year, in the Balance and Columbia Repository, the word was defined for the first time.

To drink: 1806 is named in honour of the year cocktails apparently first made their mark in print. The 1806 cocktail list is as historically correct as possible and follows a time-line over the last two hundred years, capturing the essence of each decade and what people were drinking.

I got to hand pick 4 cocktails from the menu (1806 has just taken out the award for Best Cocktail List in the World at the New Orleans Tales of the Cocktail festival!)

My choices were:

Xanadu Fancy
42 Below Passionfruit Vodka, with Hibiscus, Aperol and Lime. Finished with a hint of Almond and served straight up. Crisp and slightly tropical, to ward off that winter chill.

Japanese Slipper
Cointreau, Midori, and Fresh Lemon, served straight up with a Cherry. Pure 80’s chic, and darn tasty to boot!

Rum Shrub
Raspberries crushed with Jamaican Rum and Liqueur. Sweet, strong and gorgeous.

Espresso Martini
The perfect pick-me-up. Vodka with Coffee, Kahlua and Sugar.

To eat: The finger food was:
*Chicken and Macadamia Balls
*Coconut Chicken Sugar Cane Satay Sticks
*Sushi Platter
*Beef & Burgundy Party Pie
*Moroccan Lamb & Pine Nut Puffs
*Basil & Fetta Tarts

After 1806 we moved on to Champagne Lounge (Hidden in the increasingly hip 'little Collins steet'. The Champagne Lounge is one of Melbourne's Best kept secrets) where we danced the night away.

Here are a selection of pics from the night.....

I'll post some pics from my Bride To Be Tea Party as well.... soon (lol)