Cocktails and Creations

Wow, first, let me thank all of you who wrote in with kind words of encouragement, it really means a lot. We are so close at the restaurant and will be putting on the final touches in the next few days. We have already booked our first private event at the restaurant, so things will start with a bang. 

Ok, on to cocktails. I have been thinking about our cocktail program for a long time and honestly was a little lost up until today. What spawned the sudden creativity was delivery from a supplier who brought us our Sodas for the restaurant. A couple of months back we did a tasting of Tiro Sodas from Australia and immediately fell in love. With great flavors of elderflower, grapefruit, blood orange and passionfruit it all clicked. Why don't I use those flavor bases as the beginnings of great ingredient driven cocktails. So here is what I came up with: 

Blood Orange Negroni (Campari, Gin, Blood Orange Soda and Sweet Vermouth)

Ginger and Elderflower Fizz (Ginger Syrup, Elderflower Soda, Mint Leaves, Calamansi Lime, Gin)

Back Porch Passion Fruit Lemonade (Passion Fruit Soda, Cranberry, Lemon Juice, Vodka, Fresh Ginger)

Basil and Grapefruit Summer Punch (Gin, Cointreau, Basil Leaves, Lime Juice, Grapefruit Juice)

They each use a different Soda and will be the anchors on our house cocktail list. I can't wait to get into the bar and start developing the recipes for these libations! Of course these are just ideas, we will have to see what reality brings when I start mixing, but I can already taste these refreshing cocktails and know they will be a great thirst quencher on hot days in the Singapore Sun. Cheers!