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The Paradise Isle Here’s a famous Sri Lankan Cocktail recipe made in 5 minutes offered in homes around Kandy writes Nissanka Petiyagoda (Peti).
INGREDIENTS 1.5 oz of the finest quality Ceylon Arrack 0.5 oz of Benedictine 2oz fresh ripe Passionfruit juice METHOD Shake and then strain Garnish with a Maraschino Cherry. ANECDOTE Some years ago a week prior to Culinary Art a frantic hotel general manager announced to me he had presented a ‘‘sensational’’ cocktail to some tourists. His barman was sent up a king coconut tree, to mix Arrack in to some of the coconut water in the fruit while on the tree. The courageous barman was then gently lowered by a pulley mechanism. Sensing that he was seeking some approval, I asked him to bring along a coconut tree and pay the Fire Brigade to stand-by. On another occasion, little prior to commencement I was asked whether a “limbo” stick could be set on fire so the barman could juggle two bottles of spirits while passing under. I asked him to try it elsewhere once he had the fire brigade and an undertaker standing by. After a hard day’s judging, a competitor asked me how his cocktail with 9 ingredients had scored? I told him he should have had 20 and drunk it all so he would be famous by morning in the obituary columns in the newspapers.
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