Bartenders

Simone Caporale

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Lake Como,  North of Italy

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

Artesian Bar at Langham Hotel but now I'm at L'escape in Seoul

FAVORITE BARS?

  • Where my favourite bartender is. One for sure: La Floridita  in La Habana, Cuba.

FAVOURITE DRINK?

Depends on the time of the day and mood...otherwise from A to Z.

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

When the ice machine stops working on a Friday night.

Ever done it on a bar?

Everybody's gone through wild things at least once...in the bar.

What's next for you?

Read more bar books, and learn better English.

Best/worst chat up lines you've heard at a bar?

When I was 16, a guest sat at the bar and asked me for a martini rosso, everybody in the room looked at him. After a few rounds of drinks i said "Sir, you look like the actor off  of Good Fellas", and he said "oh really". He was Robert De Niro.

Tell us a secret or something we don't know?

Secrets are secrets, but my real name is not Simone.

If you were to make a barchick cocktail, what would you put in it?

I would go for something Mediterranean and romantic like a vermouth cobbler.
The Dolce&Gabbana
 Martini Gold, mandarin juice, lime, lavender, sugar and silver pearls as
a garnish.

How do you like your Martini?

2:1 gin-dry vermouth, orange-mandarin bitters.

What did you want to be as a kid?

A Ghost Buster, and then a fire brigade officer.