Davide Guidi shaking cocktails at Amaranto Bar, Four Seasons London

Cocktails at the Amaranto Bar, Four Seasons Hotel

ByQin Xie 17/01/201219/05/2020

A deviously good time can be had at the Amaranto Bar of the Four Seasons, Park Lane. The Italian inspired bar was surprisingly masculine, offering a long list of martinis and negronis. Thankfully, there are rich desserts to sweeten the deal as well as a fine selection of Italian wines to fall back on. There were some soon to be on the menu cocktails, a tour of the kitchen with the Head Chef Davide Degiovanni and the sampling of a rosé Franciacorta with one of their sommeliers Rafael Peil. Quite an adventure.

Here are a selection of photos from the night:

Art at Amaranto Bar, Four Seasons London

Negroni Sbagliato and Pear and Cinnamon Martini at Amaranto Bar, Four Seasons London

Negroni Sbagliato at Amaranto Bar, Four Seasons London

Snow Apple at Amaranto Bar, Four Seasons London

Winter Manhattan at Amaranto Bar, Four Seasons London

Qin Xie

Qin Xie is a London based food, wine and travel journalist and trained chef.

When not infiltrating Michelin restaurants as a kitchen tourist, she writes about food, drink and travel. Her work has appeared on Yahoo, FT, The Times and CNN.

Her first cookbook, co-authored with YS Peng at Hunan Restaurant, is out March 2014.

According to friends, her watch is always set to UTC -- ready for the next big adventure. In reality, she is happiest at the dinner table or by the sea.