Post #266036 by stuff-o-rama on Sat, Nov 11, 2006 5:01 PM

On 2006-11-10 21:28, Humuhumu wrote:
The best bartenders I know, the ones who get my business regularly, are ones who don't assume that because they've made the same drink a hundred times they've got it figured out -- they still take the time to carefully measure, and often take a sample with a straw before serving it to make sure they got it right.

The point is well taken, though, that a bit of flourish with the presentation can be fun. But when the quality of the drink takes a back seat to that, then the priorities are way out of whack.

I feel the same way. I'd gladly pay $10 + for one good cocktail than get three crap drinks for the same price. I have bartender friends who think they are doing you a favor by pouring "extra" booze into your drink, but it kills the flavor and ruins the drink in my opinion. If I wanted to drink to get drunk or annihilated, I'd go for the shot of whatever...