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Intimate Soirée with Dita Von Teese and Cointreau

It’s not everyday you find yourself face to face with the legendary Dita Von Teese. Petite, curvaceous, sensual, and not much taller than I am. Quietly, she slips behind the bar at Sydney’s Victoria Room, and time stops – a surreal moment to commit to memory.

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Photography © by Kevin Burke for Gourmantic – Copyright: All rights reserved.

At the intimate soirée, Dita Von Teese, Global Ambassador for Cointreau, prepares the Dita Fizz, a cocktail created by The Victoria Room‘s Bar Manager, Luke Hanzlicek. The drink celebrates her glamorous lifestyle with a mix of Cointreau, ruby red grapefruit, rose water, mint and topped with soda water.

Taking instructions from the expert, she steals the moment by slapping the mint and giving it a “little spanky” and guests erupt into laughter. The duo then proceed to make a stylish and sophisticated Cosmopolitan with Cointreau, vodka, and a fruity-dry cranberry juice with an orange twist.

After a brief photo opportunity, Dita Von Teese relaxes with guests, looking very much at home in the glamorous surrounds of the Victoria room.

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The Victoria Room
Level 1, 235 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst NSW
Ph: (02) 9357 4488
www.thevictoriaroom.com/

An Intimate Soiree with Dita Von Teese and Cointreau was held on Monday 25 February 2013.

About the author

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.

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