ROKU POP-UP

Hanami in Surry Hills with ROKU GIN

ROKU, HOUSE OF SUNTORY’S PREMIUM CRAFT GIN, PARTNERED WITH TOKYO BIRD AND KOI DESSERT BAR TO BRING CHERRY BLOSSOM SAKURA SEASON TO SYDNEY THIS SPRING.

The Koi and Tokyo Bird Team

The ROKU Gin Sakura Pop-Up Bar took place across twelve nights and Sydneysiders were invited to enter a world of cherry blossoms and relish a menu of six bespoke ROKU Gin cocktails, paired with an obento dinner and a tasty treat by KOI Dessert Bar. Each cocktail was created with hanami in mind – the cherry blossom viewing that Japanese locals and visitors admire for a few weeks over Spring each year. The hanami bento is a set meal box, inspired by the Japanese tradition where a meal is enjoyed, with friends, families and co-workers under the cherry blossom trees.

Renowned dessert bar, KOI took inspiration from hanami to create an exclusive ROKU Gin sakura dessert, that was exclusively available at the ROKU Gin Sakura Pop-Up Bar.

KOI is an up-scale cafe and restaurant that tests the boundaries of modern dessert making and prides itself on delivering over 100 different varieties of hand-made cakes and desserts that change daily.

Guests also enjoyed an exclusive masterclass with expert bartenders from Tokyo Bird, exploring a deep-dive into ROKU Gin and its botanicals, as well as offered the opportunity for guests to make their own delicious ROKU Gin cocktails. Tokyo Bird is a Japanese inspired small bar located in Belmore Lane, Surry Hills. Opened in 2014, it has become Sydney’s go-to bar for Japanese whisky, Japanese-inspired cocktails and yakitori (Japanese style grilled chicken skewers).

As the world’s third largest premium spirits company, Beam Suntory is Crafting the Spirits Brands that Stir the World and ROKU Gin is one of the latest additions to the company’s portfolio in Australia. ROKU means six in Japanese and refers to the number of Japanese botanicals in the blend, the bottle cast in a hexagonal shape and the kanji symbol on the label.

ROKU Gin is testament to the meticulous attention to detail of Japanese craftsmanship.

The six Japanese botanicals sakura flower, sakura leaf, yuzu peel, sencha tea, gyokuro tea and sansho pepper – are individually distilled by the Japanese artisans at Suntory Spirits in Osaka, Japan. The flavours are blended with the eight traditional gin botanicals (juniper berry, cardamon seed, orange peel, angelica seed, angelica root, cinnamon, coriander seed and lemon peel) to create ROKU’S unique flavour.