Danny serves the SAKURA
Danny's SAKURA
When sakura (Japanese cherry blossom) blooms, all of Japan smiles - and we raise our long drink glasses in celebration!
Kanpai at Danny's Japanese Cocktail Bar!
Danny serves today the SAKURA
with the 'drop of Japan': Inatahime Ryokan, a round, intense and rather dry Junmai. A playful sake with aromas of lime blossom, soy, bitter chocolate, coffee, tobacco and nutmeg.
How to mix...
Shake 10ml cherry liqueur (alternatively cherry brandy), 4ml grenadine, 100ml sake, 10ml pineapple syrup in a shaker for 10sec, strain into a chilled glass over a large ice cube (or top up with several small ice cubes) and top with about 150ml cherry blossom tonic (here it was the Thomas Henry Cherry Blossom).
Garnish long drink glass with a nicely sliced lemon zest as well as pickled cherries on a skewer - and kanpai.
Danny's tip...
1 big ice cube in the glass (e.g. 5x5x5cm) offers less surface than several small ones. So you have less dilution in the cocktail and your drink still stays cold for a long time.
How it tastes...
'Like a cherry, with a hint of pineapple, in a tonic! However surprisingly Japanese style', Danny smiles and pours himself another drink to celebrate hanami (Japanese cherry blossom festival). 'And the sake goes great with its flavours. A dry, tangy drink - not only at hanami ;-)'
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