Ionic2 customizing the toolbar in side-menu app - ionic-framework

Question

I am building an Ionic 2 application with side-menu and want to customize my side menu as can be seen in the following image (not exact same, however the important part is how to get that first block with such a picture and some text), with custom color for the entire toolbar etc?:
My application looks like following:
My app.html:
<ion-menu [content]="content">
<ion-toolbar>
<ion-title>Menu</ion-title>
</ion-toolbar>
<ion-content>
<ion-list>
<button menuClose ion-item *ngFor="let p of pages" (click)="openPage(p)">
<ion-icon name="{{p.name}}"></ion-icon>
{{p.title}}
</button>
</ion-list>
</ion-content>
</ion-menu>
<!-- Disable swipe-to-go-back because it's poor UX to combine STGB with side menus -->
<ion-nav [root]="rootPage" #content swipeBackEnabled="false"></ion-nav>

Answer 1

You can do it just adding some standard HTML code, and with CSS you can customize the style. Create the CSS Class rules in the .scss file. Rember to import
#import "build/app.html"; in the app.core.scss file. You'll find other information to personalize your app there
And for display the first block part you can add your code before the ion-list of the menu and after the tag <ion-content>.
You can delete this part, so it's more easy to create your custom layout.
<ion-toolbar>
<ion-title>Menu</ion-title>
</ion-toolbar>
The code will be:
<ion-menu [content]="content">
<ion-content>
<!--Here you can add all the code
you want, so you can display whatever you want-->
<!--Menu list-->
<ion-list class="menuList">
<button menuClose ion-item *ngFor="let p of pages" (click)="openPage(p)" class="menuButton">
<ion-icon name="{{p.name}}"></ion-icon>
{{p.title}}
</button>
</ion-list>
</ion-content>
</ion-menu>
If you need some more help, don't hesitate to ask.