this drink is a blatant ripoff of the kaffir fling, by david wolowidnyk of west restaurant in vancouver, bc. his version includes cinnamon sprinkled through a blowtorch which looks and smells pretty awesome.
my mom loves this drink. qed.
thai kamikaze
2 oz vodka
1 oz lime juice
0.75-1 oz orgeat
2-5 kaffir lime leaves
2 coins ginger
muddle lime leaves [...]
sweet potato, bourbon, vanilla, orange, curry
as mentioned in the intro post, david wolowidnyk makes a cocktail called “pie” which contains pumpkin-infused vodka. so, this would be similar. i’m thinking maybe the infusion could use both raw and roasted sweet potato. or maybe boil and strain some sweet potato, and use the ‘broth’ [...]
this blog will be about cocktails: trip reports to various bars, kitchen experiments, barely filtered notes and ideas and flights of fancy.
let me first say what cocktails often are but should not be: cocktails should not taste like cough syrup. they should not taste like rubbing alcohol. they should not be sickly sweet, [...]
