Following on from last Thursday’s tale of Jacko’s funeral jellies, we’ve dug up some more info on the Edinburgh event that jelly masters Bompas and Parr are involved with this weekend.
Essentially, it’s a marketing and PR exercise for Hendrick’s Gin which is made by William Grant and Sons here in Scotland. In keeping with Hendrick’s previous advertising campaigns, the stunt looks a lot more fun than the usual tasting promo.
Hendrick’s Horseless Carriage of Curiosities is an 1890s train carriage which has been converted into a travelling museum and dining salon. The carriage pulls into Bristo Square on Thursday and interested parties are invited to donate curios in exchange for a Hendrick’s Gin. Each day, the ten people who donate the most intriguing objects will be given a bottle of Hendrick’s. Already, the museum’s collection includes a teacup stirring engine and the only collection of Japanese warrior butterflies in Europe. And no, I don’t have a Scoobie what a Japanese warrior butterfly is either.
At night, the carriage transforms into a ding room or rather a dining experience which the owners are calling a ‘grand degu-station’. Bompas and Parr are the unhinged caterers behind a menu which includes an edible rose bush and candied rose petal starter, a pyramid of guinea fowl served with marmalade and a glow in the dark Hendrick’s and tonic jelly served with bergamot and cucumber ice cream.
There are a small number of places at a dinner in the carriage on Saturday night up for grabs. To be in with a chance of seeing the glow in the dark jelly at first hand, pre-register here.
The carriage is in Edinburgh Thursday 9th July to Saturday 12th.
Should you get a taste for the cucumber and rose petal-scented gin then Edinburgh’s Blue bar and Glasgow’s Bar MC and Grill at Abode both stock Hendrick’s and are dab hands at incorporating it in cocktails.
