liquor
Harlem shot drink – or, why open bars are pointless for me
Shifty eyes.
I recently attended a shot drink tasting for bloggers at Market in Boston. Harlem, launched recently by the makers of Ketel One, is named for a town outside Amsterdam. It’s Kruiden-based – which is a special, mysterious blend of herbs by those crafty Dutch – and well, it’s awfully nice mixed with cola and/or something fruity. I’m a wuss.
I am not the best judge of liquor, but I have to admit, Harlem is actually tasty – and a hell of a lot tastier than its point of comparison, Jagermeister. (What can I say, I’ve never been the biggest fan of licorice.) I liked the orange note in it. Mixed with Coca-Cola, it was almost a revelation. And my two guests, both males in the mid-20′s, were more than pleased.
Harlem!
As a final test, when I went home, I fed some to my roommate who took a liking to what went into her paper cup. “I really needed that,” she declared, then went back to her Greek flash cards.
Since I cannot eat food without writing about it, the vittles at Market were pretty standard fare, although pulled pork on cheesy nachos is kind of awesome, though in practice, it gets cold and soggy. And their Thai lettuce wraps were definitely not what the bartender hyped them up to be. But hey, I still cleaned my plate. And managed to down 1.5 drinks before calling it a night. Being small and Asian can make open bars a moot point.
So if you are interested, I’m posting their drink recipes, which are worth reading because they have strangely detailed instructions for two ingredient drinks.