No. 50
Spirit of Virtues
EICHARDT’S BAR AT EICHARDT’S PRIVATE HOTEL, QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND
Created by Shaun White
INGREDIENTS
30 ml (1 fl oz) Maker’s Mark bourbon
30 ml (1 fl oz) Amaro Montenegro
10 ml (⅓ fl oz) Aperol
2 dashes of hopped grapefruit bitters
2 pared strips of lemon zest
twist of lemon zest, to garnish
METHOD
Add the bourbon, amaro, Aperol, bitters and 1 strip of the lemon zest to a mixing glass and stir gently for 10–15 seconds. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Express the oils from the other strip of lemon zest over the drink. Finish with a twist of lemon zest.
Queenstown, on the South Island of New Zealand, is where the adventurous come out to play, getting their kicks from bungee jumping, paragliding and abseiling. In the 1860s, that adrenaline rush was achieved in another form: prospecting for gold. During that prosperous era, a woolshed was converted into a hotel; by 1869, when tourism replaced the dispersing miners, Albert Eichardt was sole proprietor. Located on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, Eichardt’s Private Hotel remains in the embrace of tourists, except they now embark on yacht cruises, dig into lamb shoulder with pinot-noir jus for two at the Grille, and consider Eichardt’s Bar their living room. This is where they lean back in banquettes against mirror-lined stone, grazing on pork-cheek croquettes rolled in wild thyme breadcrumbs. Often, the cocktails will have a culinary bent. Woodford Reserve bourbon might get smoked with Manuka honey, or rye whiskey infused with dates. Topped with homemade blood orange and thyme sorbet, the ‘Sangroni’ (gin, Campari, thyme syrup) is a merry excuse to sit by the fire just a tad longer.
THE AMERICAS
Belmond Copacabana Palace
Avenida Atlântica 1702, Rio de Janeiro
belmond.com
The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel
35 E. 76th Street, New York
rosewoodhotels.com
Country Club Lima Hotel
Calle Los Eucaliptos 590, San Isidro, Peru
countryclublimahotel.com
Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City
Av. Paseo de la Reforma 500
fourseasons.com
The Hollywood Roosevelt
7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles
thehollywoodroosevelt.com
Hotel Commonwealth
500 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
hotelcommonwealth.com
Hotel Monteleone
214 Royal Street, New Orleans
hotelmonteleone.com
Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Calle 21 y O, Vedado, Plaza, Havana
hotelnacionaldecuba.com
InterContinental The Willard Washington, DC
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
ihg.com
The NoMad Hotel
1170 Broadway, New York
thenomadhotel.com
Rockhouse Hotel & Spa
W End Road, Negril, Jamaica
rockhouse.com
St Regis New York
2 E. 55th Street
marriott.com
Wedgewood Hotel & Spa
845 Hornby Street, Vancouver
wedgewoodhotel.com
EUROPE
Badrutt’s Palace
Via Serlas 27, St Moritz
badruttspalace.com
Belmond Grand Hotel Europe
Mikhaylovskaya Ulitsa 1/7,
St Petersburg
belmond.com
The Connaught
Carlos Place, London
the-connaught.co.uk
The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, Venice
marriott.com
Hotel am Steinplatz, Autograph Collection, Berlin
Steinplatz 4
hotelsteinplatz.com
Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo
Place du Casino, Monaco
montecarlosbm.com
Hotel de Russie
Via del Babuino 9, Rome
roccofortehotels.com
Le Meurice
228 Rue de Rivoli, Paris
dorchestercollection.com
Nimb Hotel
Bernstorffsgade 5, Copenhagen
nimb.dk
Pulitzer Amsterdam
Prinsengracht 323
pulitzeramsterdam.com
Ritz Paris
15 Place Vendôme
ritzparis.com
The Savoy
Strand, London
thesavoylondon.com
The Stafford London
16-18 St James’s Place
thestaffordlondon.com
The Thief
Landgangen 1, Oslo
thethief.com
The Westin Palace, Madrid
Plaza de las Cortes 7
marriott.com
THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, SOUTH ASIA, INDIA
Burj Al Arab Jumeirah
Jumeirah Street, Dubai
jumeirah.com
Çırağan Palace Kempinski
Çırağan Caddesi 32, Istanbul
kempinksi.com
La Mamounia
Avenue Bab Jdid, Marrakech
mamounia.com
The Norman Tel Aviv
23-25 Nachmani Street
thenorman.com
The Oberoi, New Delhi
Dr Zakir Hussain Marg, Delhi Golf Club
oberoihotels.com
The Royal Livingstone Victoria Falls Zambia Hotel by Anantara
Mosi-oa-Tunya Road
anantara.com
Sarova Stanley
Kenyatta Avenue and Kimathi
Street junction, Nairobi
sarovahotels.com
The Silo Hotel
Silo Square, Victoria & Alfred
Waterfront, Cape Town
theroyalportfolio.com
W Maldives
Fesdu Island North Ari Atoll,
Marriott.com
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Eichardt’s Private Hotel
2 Marine Parade, Queenstown,
New Zealand
eichardts.com
Four Seasons Hotel Seoul
97 Saemunan-ro
fourseasons.com
Halcyon House
21 Cypress Crescent,
Cabarita Beach,
Australia
halcyonhouse.com.au
Hilton Kuala Lumpur
3 Jalan Stesen Sentral
hilton.com
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
1 Chome-1-1 Uchisaiwaicho
imperialhotel.co.jp
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong
Supreme Court Road
shangri-la.com
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
48 Oriental Avenue
mandarinoriental.com
Park Hyatt Tokyo
3-7-1-2 Nishi-Shinjuku
hyatt.com
QT Melbourne
133 Russell Street
qthotels.com
Raffles Singapore
1 Beach Road
raffles.com
Regent Singapore
1 Cuscaden Road
regenthotels.com
Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney
176 Cumberland Street
shangri-la.com
Waldorf Astoria Shanghai On the Bund
2 Zhongshan East 1st Rd
waldorfastoriashanghai.com
About the Author
Alia Akkam’s fascination with hotels began as a child when her father returned home from his countless business trips to Asia with a slew of miniature shampoo bottles and Hilton-emblazoned towels.
Born in New York, in the vibrant, multi-cultural borough of Queens – a place for which she still harbours an intense love – Alia is most drawn to urban settings, wandering aimlessly through crowded streets, gorging on local specialties in small, boisterous restaurants and observing quirky characters along the way.
Her childhood and adolescent years spent on Long Island, then, were steeped in wanderlust-fuelled daydreams, spinning the retro globe stashed in the upstairs storage room and plucking the Funk & Wagnalls Hammond World Atlas off a shelf in the living room wall unit to pore over images of international flags.
With a penchant for writing short stories as a kid, Alia headed to the University of South Carolina’s journalism school with dreams of becoming an advertising copywriter and moving to Europe. The former goal morphed into a career writing about restaurants, bars, travel and design; the latter eventually happened in 2015. After years of working in New York, Alia adventurously moved to Budapest – a city where she knew no one and didn’t speak a lick of Hungarian. Now her days of writing are regularly interspersed with Danube strolls and copious amounts of sponge cake consumption in Old World cafés.
Both an architecture and culture geek, Alia is smitten with Art Deco buildings, London’s theatre scene, French New Wave films and street art. A devoted nostalgist, she’s happiest
