TROPICAL STANDARD book by Garrett Richard & Ben Schaffer - Tiki Drinks and Food

HH Hurricane Hayward Grand Member (1 year) 16 miles from The Mai-Kai Joined: Jun 07, 2008 Posts: 1905	HH Hurricane Hayward Posted posted on Thu, Aug 29, 2024 4:08 PM I've been bored with the new cocktails I've tried lately, until I came across the gem on page 234 of Tropical Standard ... Scarlet Fog is quite complex and more original than anything I've tasted lately. It manages to hit all the right notes: Clean, crisp, tart, sweet, and very tightly composed. It features Demerara rum, gin, cognac, Peychaud's bitters, lime juice, orange juice, fassionola, and limoncello. I was surprised to find this combination of ingredients work together so seamlessly. It's superior to most of the fassionola cocktails I've had lately. Credit goes to master mixologist Richard and his deft hand. While it appears similar to Trader Vic's Fogcutter, the recipe is actually a reinvention of the version revealed by former Don the Beachcomber bartender Tony Ramos and published in Ted Haigh's Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails (2009). According to Ramos, the cocktail originated at Edna Earle's Fogcutters steakhouse in Hollywood, not at Trader Vic's. A similar version is served at the legendary Tiki-Ti. That's all debatable, but there's no debate that this reinvented version shines brightly and advances the drink into the 21st century. If you have the book, don't overlook this one. Okole maluna!

I've been bored with the new cocktails I've tried lately, until I came across the gem on page 234 of Tropical Standard ...

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Scarlet Fog is quite complex and more original than anything I've tasted lately. It manages to hit all the right notes: Clean, crisp, tart, sweet, and very tightly composed. It features Demerara rum, gin, cognac, Peychaud's bitters, lime juice, orange juice, fassionola, and limoncello. I was surprised to find this combination of ingredients work together so seamlessly. It's superior to most of the fassionola cocktails I've had lately. Credit goes to master mixologist Richard and his deft hand.

While it appears similar to Trader Vic's Fogcutter, the recipe is actually a reinvention of the version revealed by former Don the Beachcomber bartender Tony Ramos and published in Ted Haigh's Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails (2009). According to Ramos, the cocktail originated at Edna Earle's Fogcutters steakhouse in Hollywood, not at Trader Vic's. A similar version is served at the legendary Tiki-Ti.

That's all debatable, but there's no debate that this reinvented version shines brightly and advances the drink into the 21st century. If you have the book, don't overlook this one. Okole maluna!

Post #813761 by Hurricane Hayward on Thu, Aug 29, 2024 4:08 PM