Service: very professional and friendly.
Facilities: great washroom, great cleanliness overall.
Prices: reasonable, good value.
Strong points: Fruit cocktails. Cozy and a comfortable, for ladies and gentlemen alike.
This is the third recipe of a (hopefully long) series of cocktails concocted by Wataru Matsumoto, owner/bartender at BOTANICAL (Comfort bar) in Shizuoka City.
No worries about copyrights as Mr. Matsumoto is only too happy to share his secrets!
Fruit Cocktail 3:Kinkan/Kumquat
Kinkan/金柑 in Japanese means “Golden Orange” or kumquat!
INGREDIENTS:
-Kinkan/Kumquat: ~6
-Fresh ginger slices: 2
-Gin (Beefeater): 1 standard measure
-Sweet Ginger Ale
-Ice
RECIPE:
-Choose a long and fat glass.
-Drop enough ice in the glasss.
-Press the two slices of ginger. Pour the juice in the glass and drop the ginger slices in the glass, too.
-Pour the gin in the glass.
-Cut the kumquat in halves. squeeze them lightly over the glass before dropping them over the ice.
-Stir.
-Fill with Sweet Ginger Ale and stir again.
As it is an “eatable” (Wataru Matsumoto’s words!), serve with a long thin fork!
BOTANICAL (Comfort Bar)
420-0082 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Ryogae-cho, 1-6-13, Shade Bldg, 1F
Tel.: 054-221-8686
Opening hours: 17:00~01:00
Closed on Mondays.
Credit Cards OK
RECOMMENDED RELATED WEBSITES:
-Sake: Tokyo Through The Drinking Glass, Tokyo Foodcast, Urban Sake, Sake World
-Wine: Palate To Pen
-Beer: Good Beer & Country Boys, Another Pint, Please!
-Japanese Pottery to enjoy your favourite drinks: Yellin Yakimono Gallery
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January 29, 2012 at 3:46 pm |
The cocktail was really excellent, even though I have forgotten to buy ginger ale and used only sparkling water. I must make it at least once more with ginger ale and also take good photos
Anyway, kumquat pairs very well with gin! Thank you once again for the inspiration!
January 29, 2012 at 6:32 pm |
Oh, by the way I will post a kumquat desserty soon!
January 28, 2012 at 12:21 pm |
It looks excellent! I am running to buy ginger ale (hoping I find it!). I will report the results of tonight’s cocktail! Thank you again.
January 28, 2012 at 10:56 pm |
Looking forward to it!
April 21, 2010 at 1:04 pm |
That is a work of art. It looks so good. I wish I had one right now!
April 24, 2010 at 11:50 pm |
Cheers, my fiedn!
More coming on a regular basi!
cheers,
Robert-Gilles