Asian Inspired Cocktails

Well I’ve been looking at how cocktails have evolved over the years. Originally they were just alcohol combinations – think of the classic martini and the manhattan. Then as flavored vodkas evolved you saw a wider range of cocktails emerging and now the trend is to take flavors from the kitchen and combine them into cocktails. This has seen a rise in the number of different exotic cocktails on the market including very unique Asian inspired cocktails.

Vietnamese inspired cocktails in particular are very interesting, in fact they have even developed cocktails that contain fish sauce. Fish sauce? Yes you heard right cocktails containing fish sauce! Here’s one I prepared earlier –

Spin the Deck

10g sliced, peeled ginger
1 stick chopped lemongrass
½ small chili
40 ml pomelo juice
40 ml pineapple juice
40 ml lemon juice
40 ml sugar syrup
45 ml vodka
1 tsp fish sauce

Place the ginger, lemongrass and chili in the bottom of a cocktail shaker and muddle together. Add the liquid ingredients and some ice and shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass to serve – a small chili makes a great garnish for this cocktail.