Waitersfriend

a friend in waiting

Posts Tagged cocktail

Allow the Customer to Spend!

Sep 5

Posted by Shaun Cooper in Blog - Life as a Waiter

I was recently out and about in the lovely city of Gothenburg, Sweden.  My wife and I were showing an Aussie friend around our new town. 

Inevitably it came to the point in the day when our thoughts turned to where we can have a feed and a few drinks.  We found a nice outdoor bar attached to a boutique style hotel in the heart of the city centre.  It has quite a large outside seating area, which is perfect on a warm (Swedish style) Summer’s day. So we stroll in, looking for a table, with the full intention of parking ourselves there for the [read more...]

Tags: , , , ,

2 Comments

A Cracking Bloody Mary

Jan 11

Posted by Waitersfriend in Cocktails

As we near the end of the holiday season and the body starts to feel the wear & tear of the booze fuelled weekends & late nights it has endured, it may be necessary to kick yourself a couple of times to get going in the mornings.  Here is a classic cocktail with a couple of tweaks to help get the heart started and overcome that terrible racket inside your head.

My Bloody Mary:

30ml of vodka (60ml if in a hurricane glass or boston shaker),

150ml tomato juice,

15ml lemon juice,

10ml soy sauce,

Teaspoon horseradish (fresh if possible),

10ml worstershire sauce,

5 drops tabasco sauce (adjust [read more...]

Tags: , ,

No Comments

Mozart’s Merry Christmas

Nov 20

Posted by Waitersfriend in Cocktails

The arrival of the Christmas season inspired this recipe:

45ml blended Irish whiskey, 15ml Mozart Gold liqueur (baileys is ok), 15ml Frangelico, 1 Scoop of vanilla ice-cream.

Combine all alcohol over ice in a high ball glass. Stir and top with ice-cream & a little grated nutmeg.

More Waitersfriend cocktails…

A Waiters’ Glossary…

Tags:

No Comments

Sour Orange Blossom

Nov 9

Posted by Waitersfriend in Cocktails

 I remember making this for two ladies who came in to the restaurant looking for something that would be enjoyable to drink but also prepare them for the 8 course degustation meal they were about to undertake. It turned out that they ordered three each!

Recipe:

60mls Belvedere Pomarancza 30mls gomme/sugar syrup Juice of 1 lemon 1 egg white

Method:

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with two scoops of  ice.  Shake well until there is a thick creamy froth and serve in an old fashioned glass.

Garnish:

Float orange flowers on froth.  If you like you can rim the glass with a citrus sherbet.

More Waitersfriend cocktails…

Tags: ,

No Comments

Chicago 1951

Jul 24

Posted by Waitersfriend in Cocktails

This is undoubtedly my favorite of the sophisticated cocktails.  When I was creating the cocktail list for Bamboo Restaurant & Bar I found the recipe in an old cocktail book.  I loved the name and am a little partial to a martini so the opportunity was there.   All that had to be done was test the recipe, a couple of times in fact - just to make sure, and I guess you can figure out the rest.  Here it is as this week’s cocktail.  

Just be careful, after drinking one of these you may feel inclined to find a girl [read more...]

Tags: , ,

No Comments