New Delhi, Jan. 18 -- "I love bringing the Creole Cocktail on my travels because it is still an unknown New Orleans classic," says Chris Hannah, owner and bartender of the modern tavern Jewel of the South, from New Orleans USA, ranked #34 at the World's 50 Best Bars 2024. "It is a rye whiskey-based, stirred libation, meant to be sipped like a Manhattan. Most guests, and the bartenders I work with, have heard of the Sazerac or the Vieux Carre (both classic New Orleans cocktails that are also rye whiskey-based) but have not enjoyed a Creole Cocktail", he adds. Hannah will be doing a guest shift this evening at ZLB23, The Leela Palace Bengaluru as part of their 'Best Bars at ZLB23' initiative.

51-year-old Hannah has been bartending in the F...