The drinks were served in sequence during Andrey Bolshakov’s guest shift at Kinky, following the emotional arc of a relationship from first infatuation to full connection. Each one carried the mood of its act in form, framing, and experience.

To guide the experience, we designed a tactile menu-game using colour filters set inside Polaroid frames. The filters shifted perception — some sharpened focus, others softened it. Instead of simply choosing drinks, guests explored a feeling, framed it, and took it with them.

The result was a playful way to interact with the menu and a collection of vivid Polaroid-style photos shared throughout the night.

Act 1. Fall in Love

Love starts soft.
For the first act, guests looked through a rose-tinted filter set in a Polaroid frame — a gentle distortion that brought everything into glow.

The drink mirrored the mood. A delicate twist on the Ramos Gin Fizz with clarified nectarine cordial, camel milk, and gin infused with tonka bean. Topped with soda and finished with a strawberry heart. Sweet, dreamy, a little surreal, like the start of something. Or like catching a glance you weren’t meant to see.

Our take on the Negroni carried that same tension. Built on three distillates — sandalwood, myrtle, and patchouli — the structure felt layered but unstable. Campari gave it bite, red vermouth softened the edge, but the balance never quite settled.

We garnished this drink with a cherry, frozen in ice. Some guests let it melt, others cracked it open, and a few went straight in with their teeth. No one was told what to do, but their choices said enough.

Love doesn’t stay soft when it’s not returned. It twists, sharpens, and pulls us into imbalance as we try harder to be seen.

Act 2. Twisted Fury

Act 4. Absolute Harmony

The blue filter casts everything in the calm of a sky or the depth of the sea.

Our twist on a dry Martini was clear and composed, with a fruit-forward edge that felt almost like scent. Japanese gin, lychee and raspberry distillates, Daiginjo sake, and dry French vermouth brought sharpness, balance, and restraint.

It arrived with a final gesture — a garnish of hands resting on white velvet — an image of harmony and a quiet luxury of balanced relationships.

We built a Margarita that played to the moment. The base was a habanero pepper distillate, stripped of heat through vacuum distillation so the fruit could shine without the burn. Crisp tequila, curaçao, and yuzu brought freshness and snap.

The garnish was a quiet nod to the chase. A band-aid holding delicate flowers, marking the small scars love leaves behind, and what might bloom after.

Winning someone over brings joy, relief, and that quiet spark that makes you want to celebrate it.

Act 3. Awaited Victory

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