When the summer is over and Christmas is already looming but you can’t feel the magic of wintery weather yet, fall is at its lowest point. The desire to go on vacation is strong but it’s usually impossible to do so. Oh how nice it would be somewhere with palm trees, sand and sun… you think to yourself as the rain runs down the office windows. Perhaps this is the time to take a vacation in your city. To escape for an evening into a Caribbean-Filipino-Polynesian world. For four weeks (03.–31.10.2024, Thursdays to Saturdays), this is now possible in the Pink Room of the Bellboy Berlin Bar, where two Berlin boys Nawid Samawat and Tarek Nix invite you to Casa Don Papa — a pop-up bar with exclusive rum-based drinks in partnership with Don Papa Rum, bringing that sweet vacation mood right to the heart of our favorite city. Modern creations featuring the Philippines’ first premium single-island rum taste of vanilla, honey and candied fruit thanks to more than seven years of aging.
Bartender Nix, co-founder of the legendary Milk Punch Boys, skillfully pours them into the glasses, along with the “Limo 2000”, the non-alcoholic alternative. The interpretation of traditional Filipino iced tea captivates with citrus freshness and fruity, tingling notes. To satisfy our desire for escapism and wanderlust, Samawat, co-founder of Chicago Williams, conjures interpretations of South Pacific cuisine. It will be salty, crunchy, umami and sweet — and not at all Berlin. How wonderful a night of vacation can be!
Text: Alina Herbel / Photos: Alexander Hoppe
The Pink Room, Mohrenstr.30, 10117 Berlin–Mitte; map
Casa Don Papa pop-up 03.–31.10.2024. Book a table here.
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