‘Big enough to row a boat in.’ That is no hollow claim by Bompass & Parr, the duo that likes to play with their food, who in collaboration with the cognac brand Courvoisier created an installation, Courvoisier Architectural Punch Bowl that is actually big enough to row a boat in. The technical know how on creating and maintaining the perfect environment of a punch bowl was provided by UCL, whose consultant engineers conducted enough research to device ways to keep the cocktail tasting uniformly all across and make the building food safe too. A competition to create an original cocktail was won by Joe McCanta of Saf, London and nearly 4,000liters of The Emperor’s Shrub cocktail, with the Courvoisier Exclusif cognac as the key ingredient, flooded the venue. The Architectural Punch Bowl was held in Portland Place, London from 8th to 9th December. With tickets priced at £6.50, no one tried to drown in the punch.