I'm a huge
fan of lychee cocktails so their Sparkling Soju caught my attention, while Matt decided to go with their Smoked Bacon Bloody Mary.
Studies have also proven the potential
of a lychee fruit - green tea combination to reduce cortisol levels.
Yes, that brownish film on the
inside of lychees is nothing to worry about and they should blend just fine
Back home, staring at my
pile of lychees, I was trying to figure out what I could make with them.
I finally settle for The Mistress ($ 14), a light and refreshing
drink of lychee and blueberry topped with prosecco and an additional alcoholic kick from Belvedere vodka.
The honeydew - hued cocktail served with the meal comes from his pal, Kyle Reutner, behind Hawaii Bitters Company, and it's an elegant basil - and rum - laced drink inspired by the huge
harvest of lychee on the island this year (see the recipe).
It has a chocolate joconde sponge base, topped with lychee mousse and
slices of lychee jelly.
I had a great
dessert of lychee sorbet and rhubarb compote at Tokyo Eat, the restaurant at Tokyo Palace in Paris.
We ate about
half of the lychees as they were, getting ourselves and the kitchen sticky with the juice.
Some of my fondest memories include: doing simultaneous splits mid-air while jumping on a trampoline, singing Vive Las Vegas while shaking our booties, playing fierce games of Hangman, and savoring every delicious
morsel of lychee shaved ice.
If cocktails are more to the taste of guests «timeless cocktails» including Margaritas, Cosmopolitans and Whiskey Sours are alongside the more adventurous «Pullman Collection Cocktails» such as the Pullman Connection - a beautiful
mix of Lychee Liqueur, Midori, Ketel One Vodka, and Pineapple juice with sweet and sour.
It's pastiche for the Upper East Side set, and it's enough to warrant another
round of those lychee martinis.
The flavor is described as having a perfumed aroma of tropical fruit and floral notes, with a fresh, complex
palate of lychee, violet and accents of banana, vanilla and ginger.
I'm not a huge
fan of lychee, but I took a bite, smiled, shook my head and said «Bu yao» (equivalent to no thanks).
Tropical
tastes of lychee, papaya and star fruit compliment apricot, peach and honey.
Btw, just to start off, I made a shake with
some of the lychee and some coconut milk, and ice.
I'm not a fan
of lychee either, it has a weird texture that I can't get over.
When my friend Cathy offered
me some of the lychees that her husband Johnny heroically picked from their tree, I was very grateful and right out the door to get them.
In cocktail shaker, combine 2 ounces premium vodka, 1 ounce lychee juice (from a can
of lychees; available at the grocery store or Asian grocery), and 1 ounce club soda.