Kick in the streets

6 cherries

6 pieces of Hami melon (alternatively you can use rockmelon as well)

15ml Campari

30ml Smirnoff Vodka

Mash up the fruits till you get a nice bit of juice mixture from both, then add the campari and vodka, top with ice, and shake well. Strain it into two shot glasses. In a separate shot glass, add about 5ml of Grenadine syrup to sweeten, or to each person's taste. Just be careful not to overpower the taste of the fruits.

Red Bubble Head

60ml Campari
60ml Coca Cola
30ml Elderflower Cordial

Blitz with ice till you get a smoothie consistency, and serve. This drink has this herby after taste from the campari, yet when you drink it initially, you get the full blast of the sweetness of elderflower. A simple yet sophisticated drink.

Peanut Butter Rum Shake

60ml Amarula

15ml Bacardi Oro

1 heaped teaspoon of peanut butter (I used the one with grape jam in it, reason being it just tastes so good together)

1/2 teaspoon of condensed milk - for sweetness

Put it all into a blender and blend. To the volume of liquid present, add same amount of ice to it, such that the liquid covers the ice barely. Give it a good blend, and you should get your nice peanut butter rum shake.

Peanut Butter Shot

This was an idea given to me by Terence (cheers) from his trip to Butter Factory. I couldn't resist the temptation to make it and try it myself. I haven't actually tasted the one at Butter, but boy it took some time to make a smooth one! Enjoy!

This should make about 2 shots.

1 small teaspoon of peanut butter(although you can vary the amount of peanut butter in it to vary the sweetness but I do prefer mine a little less sweet and a little more smooth)
30ml of Baileys Irish Cream

A tiny splash of vodka
3-4 Ice cubes

Place all this into a blender, and blend it until you get a smooth consistency. Pour it into two shot glasses, and serve it immediately. POP!

I decided to go one step ahead to make it a little more interesting by adding about 15ml of Bols Blue to it. It gives a little bit of colour to the shot, and also a fruity aftertaste. My suggestion would be that the blue shot be the masculine side of the drink and the original the feminine. Any strong protests do feedback!

Maybe Maileys

Alright. This is a really crappy name, but here goes.

I wanted to have a sip of baileys again, but I didnt want it plainly on the rocks. So I decided to ransack the fridge for a little inspiration. And there it was. Mango juice. I decided to do a little half and half with mango and baileys, following it a splash of sambuca, shake with ice. The results were fantastic. What you got at the end is a smoothie consistency, unbelievably smooth maileys. Maybe.

Irish Creme de la Creme

Baileys has to be one of my top 5 favourite liqueurs, because of its versatility. We probably can mix many different flavours with baileys. Here's one so far:

30ml Caramel Vodka

30ml Baileys Irish Cream

30ml Bols Peppermint

Place all the liquids in a tall glass filled with ice, stir and serve.

Black milk

This drink is part of the milk-based cocktail faze. I love a bit of froth in my drinks, just like I do with my coffee. If you feel like living on the dark side for just one night, try this.

30ml Blackcurrant syrup

30ml Milk

15ml Cointreau

15ml Amaretto

Place the liquids in a shaker, shake it nice and hard, till you get a frothy mixture. (You could blend it if you're making it in bulk it works wonders). Strain it into a cocktail glass and serve.

Simple Black

Not exactly what it sounds like, but just a momento of what has been an up and down, messy and one hell of a busy week(s) for me. A flood of drinks are coming, as I start to concentrate more power (and energy) on my creation of new drinks, and heres the first of a few to come.

Simple Black requires simple ingredients:

60ml Blackcurrant Cordial (any will do, although the concentration and strength differs from cordial to cordial so add to taste)
30ml Bombay Sapphire Gin
30ml Smirnoff's Vodka

Pour these liquids into a tall glass filled with ice to the brim, and top up with soda water to give it the necessary fizz. Ah. I've been waiting some time for this drink to calm my senses.

Cheers!

missJ (Apple Milk Martini)

This has got to be one of my favourite female drinks. At this moment. I know and I'm sure most of you have heard of the stigma that male drinks are mostly full-bodied and bold and BITTER, whilst female drinks (or should I say drinks for females) are predominantly sweet and a little more subtle and smooth. But what the hell I do like sweet drinks. And I sure do like this one. As follows:

Many thanks to my lovely friend Joan Chua for sort of giving me inspiration for this drink, although I cant remember how and what you said but still credit does go to you for this one. Haven't done the milk layering that I promised, but it will come soon, once I get some inspiration. Can feel it coming.

AppleMilkMartini

30ml Apple Juice
30ml Fresh Milk
15ml Elderflower cordial
1/3 of a nice crunchy apple, chopped (refrain from using fuji apples, use granny smiths instead or another other if you cannot get your hands on to any of those)
30ml Smirnoff Triple Distilled Vodka
30ml Bombay Sapphire Dry Gin

In a shaker, muddle the chopped apples, until you get a nice consistency. Alternatively, you could blend it as well. Once that is done, top it up with ice, and pour in the liquids in order. I prefer to use elderflower cordial as a sweetener here because of the extra flavour it brings to the drink, giving it more sophistication. If you cannnot get your hands onto elderflower cordial, feel free to use sugar syrup! Give it a good shake, and strain it into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of Apple. (I forgot the garnish!!!) If you're a guy, serve it to the ladies, be a real gentleman. But if you're a lady, please hang on to it, you definitely do not want anyone touching YOUR drink.

CHEERS!

F.R.O.Z.E

This came as a total brainwave. You got to execute this really quickly, so I would suggest that you take a good read through this whole recipe first before you start on it. Its a lot of work, but a lot of fun as well!

45ml Midori

4 ice cubes

Blend it until you get a nice smoothie consistency, then pour into a tall glas.

45ml Bols Blue

4 ice cubes

Blend it again, but now instead of pouring it into the tall glass, tilt the glass slightly, to around 45 degrees, and slowly pour the blue smoothie mixture into the glass. You should get your second layer.

45ml Bols Lychee

4 ice cubes. Again, blend this mixture till you get a nice white smoothie, and pour it into the glass the same way as the Bols Blue.

Take About 20ml of Grenadine Syrup, place it in a shot glass, and serve. The drinker has the honour of pouring in the Grenadine Syrup if he wants it, and then he will stir the drink. Best consumed with a straw

Sublime

I have a headache. And although this isn't the best way to cure a headache, time and time again it hasn't failed me. I have always believed that the best temporary cure to that niggling thing stuck at the side of your head would be a strong, powerful burst of extreme emotion, or in my case, flavour. In most cases, I would turn to a nice bowl of extra spicy curry or Tom Yam soup. However, in this case, I have decided to turn to a decently sour punch, with a hint of sweetness, though its important that it doesn't overpower the potential this drink can provide. Its potent, yet effective. Suitable after a hard day's work.

30ml Tequila

30ml Bols Blue

30ml Midori

60ml Sour Mix

60ml Cranberry Juice

10ml Grenadine Syrup

Pour your ingredients into a tall glass filled with ice, in this order. You should get a nice 3 layered drink of red green and blue. Stir well before drinking.

OMG its refreshing sweet.

1 before 21

Another Mango Based Drink, and purely on the spot inspiration.

60ml Mango Juice
60ml Milk
30ml Cointreau
30ml Amaretto
Top up with Ice.Serve.

Sweet.Sensous.Subtle

Lassi

This was something that just randomly came to my mind. I didn't have the best of nights after having a dinner of Thai noodles cooked with lots of chilli padi, so I thought that the best way to cure myself of this discomfort would be a nice cooling drink on the stomach. And it just came to my mind.

I gotta thank Nicholas Sim (yea if you do read my blog) for providing the one and only alcoholic content in this drink, the caramel vodka. Interestingly enough, I couldn't really taste the alcohol in it, which probably is a good thing. In certain drinks for certain days, you want the full blow of the intoxication on your tongue, on other days, you'd prefer a subtle version.

30ml Caramel Vodka
60ml Mango Juice
60ml Milk
5 Mint Leaves

First rip your mint leaves such that you release a little of the minty fragrance which will sort of enhance the flavour of the drink. DO NOT bash it, too much of a good thing makes it turn BAD. To the mint leaves, pour in your caramel vodka, milk and mango juice, and in a shaker, top it up with ice, and give it a nice good shake! strain into a tall glass, and serve. Voila!

the flaming LAMBORGHINI experience

Alright. Finally that day has come. My first home made flaming. Sounds really difficult to make, but it was surprisingly easy and fun. I cannot express my excitement before I did this, but all I can say after that is, WOW.

30ml of Kahlua into a cocktail glass

15ml of Vaccari Sambuca layered over it

30ml of Bols Blue in a separate shot glass

30ml of Baileys in a separate shot glass

Ignite the sambuca, and start drinking with a short straw, halfway through, pour the two shot glasses of Bols Blue and Baileys into the cocktail glass, and finish it in one big gulp. Watch the video for demo.