There's a croissant cocktail coming to one of London's fanciest bars with new French-inspired menu

an image of the croissant cocktail and the cornichon cocktail side by side — (Image credit: Lateef photography)

London is stacked with both wonderful bars with cracking cocktails and beautiful bakeries with loaves and viennoiserie a-plenty. But if you’ve ever bitten into a croissant and thought hmm I could dip this in a cocktail instead of a coffee you’re not completely weird. Or alone, it turns out.

Mayfair’s bougie Bar Antoine at the Four Seasons Park Lane has devised something a little less classic and a little more contemporary, taking a series of French culinary classics. The chefs (Michelin-starred Yannick Alléno and manager Leon Gasco) have taken big-hitters like buttery croissants and nutty Comte cheese and mixed up the flavours into something special.

You may already be familiar with the usual saying of Savoir-Faire, and feel fairly chic whilst dropping it into conversation. This fresh twist from Bar Antoine is cheekily called Savoir-Boire – translated as The Art of Drinking Well. The new cocktail menu launches on 7th May, making cocktail hour feel a little more like picky bits.

an image of the four cocktails on offer as part of Bar Antoine's 'Savoir Boire' menu

Serves include the Croissant Old Fashioned with croissant-infused cognac and Byrrh, the Cornichon Martini with olive oil vodka and a Peach & Mustard Margarita with tequila, peach eau-de-vie and mustard tincture. The final offering is a Fig-Affair Paloma finished with a delicate Comté tuille garnish.

A new food menu has been designed to accompany the cocktails, featuring classic French ingredients with playful riffs on the usual bar snacks. Bites include Carabineros prawn toast, a Pissaladière – which is more appetising than it sounds with zero bodily fluids, but plenty of caramelised onions, olives and anchovies. Larger plates include a twist on the traditional with the Croque-Antoine, the bar’s cult dry-aged Wagyu Antoine Burger and a new addition, The CFC (a decadent caviar fried chicken), alongside a rotating selection of French cheeses and artisanal charcuterie, showcasing regional specialities, aged classics and delicately cured meats.

The idea is to create a tribute to French drinking rituals, taking sippers on a journey across the tradition of L’Apero, Les Classiques, and finishing off with Les Rituels. All cocktails have a theatrical flair, all prepared tableside.

Basically, it’s Gen Z foodie heaven, turning trendy Cornichons and queue-for-it croissants into decadent new cocktails. As you can imagine, cocktails at a legendary London hotel-bar won't exactly be a budget option, but if you're looking for something a little whackier, then it's worth trying one of them out.

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Hermione Blandford is the Content Editor for Shortlist’s social media which means you can usually find her scrolling through Instagram and calling it work, or stopping random people in the street and accosting them with a mini mic. She has previously worked in food and drink PR for brands including Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray, Gordon's, The Singleton, Lagavulin and Don Julio which means she is a self confessed expert in spicy margaritas and pints, regularly popping into the pub in the name of research.

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