TALE POR YOU

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someone invented the word
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is a fruit fiesta, A mouth-watering ban-
ter of banana and mango flavours
resulting in the ultimate patio martini.
Ryan called it the Yaletown Sunshine
-and it comes with its very own song
that Ryan sang to me. It went some-
thing like, “I drink what I drink, cause
I drink what I drink what I drink. ..in
the sunshine.” The Yaletown Sunshine
contains a mix of orange and cranberry
juice, banana liqueur, Absolut Kurant
Vodka and, of course, a splash of mys-
tery. ;
At Deniro’s Bistro, bartender Paul is
willing to bet that the Dominique mar-
ini i st in Vancouver or maybe
‘People love it. Nineteen
enty times people love the
of a Dominique and ask for

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another,” says Paul. So what makes it
such the ultimate summer drink? “You
have to shake the living hell out of it,’
Paul says enthusiastically.

The Dominique contains I part
Absolut Citron Vodka, some
Lemon Lime, | part Triple Sec,
and freshly squeezed lemon in a
tall martini glass.

If you loved slushies as a
child, then you probably still do.
BC consumes the largest quantity
of Slurpees in the world. That is
a little known fact I learned in
the bathroom at the Paddle
Wheeler Pub. (Nothing beats the
creativity of the ads they putin
pub bathrooms.) If you do love
Slurpees, and you better because
BC depends on it, then you must §
go to the Cactus Club Cafe on
Lougheed Highway in North
Burnaby. They have five slushy
machines going at all times and one of
the machines makes the best Bellinis. A
Bellini is a slushy martini that tastes
like peach and strawberry. At that par-
ticular Cactus Club it’s so busy they
give you a pager that vibrates when
your table is ready. But if you're smart,
ask to try a sample of the different
kinds of martini slushies while you
wait. They happily oblige and you get
to be buzzing and
vibrating all for free.

This next martini is
an important one
because it contains an
ingredient that can
only be found in
Canada. No other
country in the world
can make you this
Canuck drink, not
even the mighty States.
It is called the Caesar.
The mighty Caesar
contains the pure
Canadian Clamato

   

Jonathan Chapman drinking late
Thursday evening.

 

juice. Steven, the bar manager at
L’Arena Ristorante (the restaurant
attached to the Vancouver library), dis-
cusses the Caesartini. The Caesartini is
perhaps one of the tastiest daytime
drinks avail-
@ able with its
infused pep-
per vodka,
special hot
sauce, green
Tabasco
sauce, secret |
| spices and
special pick-
led bean,
served martini
style.

So after I
have wet your
palate for the

classy martini
I should warn you that the martini is
one of the most expensive drinks out
there—ranging from five to ten dollars
depending on how trendy the place is.
(Each martini contains at least two
shots.) Purple Onion Jazz Cabaret is
by far one of the more expensive places
to buy a martini.

If the martini just isn’t your style,
but you still want to impress your-
self—or someone else—with your
finesse in ordering
drinks, try a Sangria. El
Patio’s Michael Tejedor
will promise you it is the
sexiest drink out there.
Made with red or white
wine, red being the most
popular, mixed with
orange and lemon juice,
brandy, Triple Sec and
ginger ale, and served on
ice. The staff at El Patio
promises that without
the Triple Sec a Sangria
is nothing.

Want to try some-