Month: October 2009

The last two nights I’ve been trying to recreate a drink I saw on the Japanese TV show called 相棒 (English title: Partners). I wasn’t there to watch the beginning of it, but only the last 15 minutes where the old lady finally got the drink she came to Japan for, a drink called “Best Partners”. Her husband is English and they met in some little Japanese pub many years back. Anyway, the bartender was the murderer with the special drink being the link tying him to the murder. I don’t know how that works, but yeah.

Anyway, the drink contains gin, mint liqueur, and umeboshi (Japanese pickled plum). Um, sounds delicious to me! :9

I bought gin and creme de menthe. Umeboshi I have buttloads of at home.

Try #1

• 2 oz gin
• 1 oz creme de menthe
• 1 umeboshi

GROOOSSSSSS. That went down the drain.

Try #2

• 3 oz gin
• 1/2 oz creme de menthe
• 1 umeboshi

GROOOSSSSSS. I finished it, mostly because I already wasted 1 glass of alcohol already.

Next night…

Try #3

• 2 oz gin
• 1/4 oz creme de menthe
• 1/2 oz umeboshi paste
• 3 tbs of simple sugar (although I don’t know if it was accurate proportions as I just mixed sugar and hot water together)

Better. My dad says it tastes like medicine. :\

I also made a drink called Tequila Pink. I didn’t like it. There were also ants in my grenadine, so after I took what I needed (sans ants), I poured the rest down the drain. >_>; I also poured half of the Tequila Pink drink down the drain as well.