The cocktail, it is believed, is an American invention. But if you think about a cocktail, what image pops into your head? An Englishman with a gin and tonic? Or perhaps an Italian sipping on a negroni?
If the Americans did invent the cocktail, then an Englishman has officially mastered the art of making them.
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The world’s best bartender, Ryan Chetiyawardana, known as Mr Lyan, was in Hong Kong last week to promote Relearn Natural, Belvedere Vodka’s all-natural, low-sugar content Spritz cocktail series at Duddell’s.
Ryan was crowned “International Bartender of the Year” in 2015, and he has three “Mr Lyan” bars – Henry at the Hudson Hotel in New York, and White Lyan and Dandelyan in London.