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Yields: 1 serving. Total Time: 5 mins. Ingredients. 1 oz. fresh lime juice. 1 oz. light rum. 3/4 oz. dry orange Curaçao, Cointreau, or triple sec. 3/4 oz. orgeat syrup
Amazing Mai Thai: Sauteed tasty home-made peanut sauce served on bed of steamed vegetable; served with vegetables, tofu, chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, duck or seafood ($16-$28) Desserts Mango Sweet ...
The history of smashes goes back at least as far as the 1862 book How to Mix Drinks. [33] The old-style whiskey smash was an example of an early smash. [34] The herb used in a smash is often mint, although basil is sometimes used in cocktails that go well with it, e.g. many strawberry cocktails.
A Mai Tai is a cocktail made of rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. Mai Tai may also refer to: Mai Tai (band), Dutch group formed in 1983; American pro wrestler Afa Anoa'i Jr who used the ring name Mai Tai Anoa'i; Maitai, New Zealand, suburb of Nelson, New Zealand; Mai Tai Sing (1923–2018), American actress and businesswoman
Victor Bergeron, known as "Trader Vic," broke into the bar business with a $500 loan. Later, he'd go on to create the Mai Tai and pilot a vast chain of tiki bars throughout the world.
The Mai Tai became a popular cocktail in the 1950s–60s and many restaurants, particularly tiki-themed restaurants or bars, served them. The Mai Tai was also prominently featured in the 1961 Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii. The Mai Tai was named the official cocktail of the city by the Oakland, California city council. [19]
The word orgeat (/ ɔːr ˈ ʒ ɑː, ˈ ɔːr dʒ i ə t, ˈ ɔːr ʒ ɒ t /) is derived from the Latin hordeaceus 'made with barley' through the French, where barley is called orge.The Catalan word orxata, from which derives the Spanish horchata, has the same origin, though today the two drinks have little else in common and neither of them uses barley.
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