Word: martini
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...bars is being raised. The latest in potables--now being served in watering holes and restaurants across the country--is the dessert cocktail, an after-dinner delight that blends drinks and sweets. Miami's M-Bar offers the Death by Chocolate Martini; Lola's in Los Angeles is the home of the Creamsicle-flavored Clockwork Orange. New York City's Dylan Prime, right, last week rolled out its Pie-tini menu, which presents an array of concoctions typically served on plates--but here they're in glasses. The details are something to relish: the Key Lime Pie Martini features crushed...
...Sake Martini...
...alcohol with ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with thin cucumber
...Mary and Sake Margarita, simply substitute sake for other, harder alcohols. But the Sake Martini—nicknamed the Saketini—pairs dry sake with an alcohol to enhance the taste of both. Kei Okada of Ginza, an upscale Boston sushi restaurant, describes the benefits of the Sake Martini: “It is much smoother than a regular martini. Also, because sushi contains rice and sake is brewed from rice the two complement each other very well.” Okada recommends Kariho-Namahage or Onikoroshi sake because they are both appropriately dry. Ginza finishes the drink with...
There are many varieties of the Sake Martini, and while the recipe above calls for equal proportions, many choose to either emphasize the sake or the hard liquor, or to sample different brands of sake. The Japanese have brewing down to a fine art and pride themselves on the variety of tastes...