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The Grand Bean-to-Bubble: A Marou Chocolate Cocktail

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The Grand Bean to Bubble - Another Modernist cocktail by Hanoi's Mood Therapist, Rich McDonough

The Grand Bean-to-Bubble is a new Marou Chocolate cocktail with a hint of Grand Marnier, topped off with sparkling wine.

It was created for a charity fundraiser in support of The Library Project – an organisation that provides access to books for kids in rural Vietnam. It’s the result of a collaboration between the Mood Therapist, Marou and Moet Hennessy and debuted at an event at the Park Hyatt Saigon organised by Rice Creative.

The Grand Bean-to-Bubble is an elegant chocolate cocktail with a hint of orange that drinks like champagne and has a little surprise at the end… [Read more…]

The Luang Prabang Film Festival welcomes the Mood Therapist

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Mood Therapist Luang Prabang Film Festival PosterThe Mood Therapist is deeply honoured to be invited to weave some cocktail magic at the Luang Prabang Film Festival in Laos from 5-9 December 2015. The main event is at the Icon Klub on 8 December and features a flight of five modernist cocktails including a new seasonal drink that has not been out carousing in public before, so come and check it out if you’re in town. Tickets are strictly limited and are available in advance directly from the Icon Klub for 500,000 Kip which includes the entire flight of five drinks.

For the brave of heart and weak of will there will be additional cocktails available by the glass. [Read more…]

The Marouni

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Marouni Cocktail - Another Modernist cocktail by Rich McDonough, Hanoi's Mood TherapistThe Marouni – Because it’s simply too difficult to order a Marou Cacao Negroni after a few of them…

This is a very simple concept, made woefully complex. I wanted to make a chocolate negroni using Marou chocolate – a Marouni, if you will. It wouldn’t be the first one of course, but I reckoned I could make it better. [Read more…]

Maroued on a Dessert Island

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Maroued on a Dessert Island - a modernist cocktail by Hanoi's Mood Therapist, Rich McDonoughMaroued on a Dessert Island is a decadent rum based cocktail featuring premium Vietnamese cacao from my friends at the artisanal chocolatiers, Marou.  The cacao nibs from Ben Tre province are pressure-infused using an ISI siphon into 7 or 12 year old Flor de Cana rum (depending on how flush I’m feeling) which helps release all the deliciously rich chocolate notes without any bitterness or the need for sugar. [Read more…]

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My location is your location! The Mood Therapist is a wandering soul who pitches up with his bag of magic at your home, business or event. Based in Hanoi, the Mood Therapist can offer more options closer to home but can always bring a little cocktail happiness across the region.

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