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The Smoking Room

A fashionable pleasure

A warm welcome awaits cigar smokers in the sed with spices. Another great sight to behold
cool, cosmopolitan new bar of the
Intercontinental; and cocktail fans too. In and hard to resist is the Porthole collection
fact, anyone who enjoys fashionable and
sophisticated watering-holes where the bar- which brings together intriguing flavours in
men are expert mixologists and the DJ spins
a smooth electro-pop sound. transparent flasks. Gin-Cucumber-Lime-

Louise Pascot, head barman, and his assistant Rosemary; Whisky-Pear-Mandarin-Tobacco
Vincent Dumesnil look after The Smoking
Room’s fifty-five varieties of precious rums, the Leaf; or Vodka with Red Berries – you can watch
biggest selection to be found in Geneva. The
various rums, organised into into geographical in amazement as the ingredients are mixed to
areas, come from over twenty-seven different
countries. The finishing touch is the five signa- perfection inside the glass orb.
ture rums ready for you to sample, served at the
bar from authentic absinthe fountains. The Smoking Room is the best spot in town to

try something new, to find your favourite drink

and learn more about cocktails. It’s got a sophis-

ticated vibe where you can enjoy a relaxed

atmosphere and watch the expert mixologists

creating cocktails night after night. You can

even sample your favourite individually-fla-

voured rum babas. Natacha Borri

Intercontinental Genève - Le Fumoir
Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 7-9 - 1209 Geneva
Tel: +41 (0)22 919 33 33

www.intercontinental-geneva.ch

The cocktails are unusual and imaginative. Try 17
the newest craze for smoked or hot cocktails, a
kind of Hot Chemist Cocktail. These wizardly
concoctions are mixed right in front of you at
your table inside a siphon coffee maker, where
the glass bowl is garnished with fruit and infu-