Stiletto City Christmas Cocktail
The holidays are a time for festivity, getting together with friends and family. I love all the sparkles and lights everywhere. And best of all, I like getting my girl friends together to wear our best party dresses and have sweet Christmas cocktails.
Tonga Hut Tiki Bar in North Hollywood is one of my favorite hangouts for the low key atmosphere, great décor and friendly “aloha spirit” of the cool people who go there and run the place. They also have one of the best mixologists in town behind the bar, Syd Thomas. This year I asked Syd if he’d be willing to rise to the challenge of creating a Stiletto City Christmas Cocktail.
So I gathered up my girls and we drank from Syd’s special Christmas Cocktail Menu, which featured the delectable “Snow Wonder” – an almost milkshake-like drink, sweet and coconut-y. So perfect for the holidays.
From there, we moved onto the “Elf on a Shelf,” a refreshing mix of cranberry juice and a kick of rosemary and rum, festively garnished with a sprig of rosemary and a candy cane.
Then some Tiki scene friends brought around shot glasses filled with “The Lime in the Coconut,” another Syd special featuring all kinds of coconut goodness with a blast of lime juice. So good!
But the winner of the night as the official Stiletto City Christmas Cocktail is the Snow Wonder. Here are the ingredients if you want to try it out – but you’ll want to have Syd make it for you – he knows how to make it just right!
Snow Wonder Christmas Cocktail
coconut rum
white creme de menthe
coconut creme
rhubarb bitters
top w/coconut flakes & a cherry
Thanks to Syd and the Tonga Hut for all the holiday fun – and of course, my girls!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Kastle
