Thursday, December 23, 2004
Shakespeare's on Austin's famous 6th street...
Shakespeare's wins the night.
You know, it occurs to me that price should be part of the program here.
Maybe next time.
Garnish - 3 olives - 6
salt - just salt - 5
spice - perfect - 8
strength - great - 7
originality - average - 4
score is a 6
You know, it occurs to me that price should be part of the program here.
Maybe next time.
Garnish - 3 olives - 6
salt - just salt - 5
spice - perfect - 8
strength - great - 7
originality - average - 4
score is a 6
Omni Hotel
Omni Hotel Bar.
Not Bad.
The salt had a gelatinous quality that kinda appealed to me. Great spice.
originality - 4
garnish - 7 - it had celery
strength - 6
spice - 7
salt - 6
the Omni scores a '6'
Not Bad.
The salt had a gelatinous quality that kinda appealed to me. Great spice.
originality - 4
garnish - 7 - it had celery
strength - 6
spice - 7
salt - 6
the Omni scores a '6'
Stephen F Austin Hotel Bar
LAME!
They have 2 kinds of bloody mary's.
1. their standard bloody mary. LAME! I give it a 2.
Strength - 2
Spice - 4
Salt - 3
Garnish - 5 - the bright spot
Originality - 3
ok, it's not a 2, i give it a 4
2. Their Bloody Martini is better, basically because it actually has some vodka in it.
Up the strength to 6, which raises the overall score to 5
They have 2 kinds of bloody mary's.
1. their standard bloody mary. LAME! I give it a 2.
Strength - 2
Spice - 4
Salt - 3
Garnish - 5 - the bright spot
Originality - 3
ok, it's not a 2, i give it a 4
2. Their Bloody Martini is better, basically because it actually has some vodka in it.
Up the strength to 6, which raises the overall score to 5
my lucky nite
going out now for a BM. New scores in the offing....
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
History of the Bloody Mary
Ever wonder about the origins of the Bloody Mary? Nancy Ryan's short history has the answers.
Katz's
Whenever I go to a bar and I'm doing Bloody Mary research, I ask for 'The best bloody mary you know how to make".
At Katz's this produced a great response.
Don't get the cheapo drink pictured at the bottom of this page, make sure you get the top of the line, whatever they call it.
A tiny bottle of tabasco was included. Seemed original to me.
8 for spice
7 for garnish (I like celery - also)
3 for interesting rim salt
9 for originality
8 for strength
So I think they get a 7
At Katz's this produced a great response.
Don't get the cheapo drink pictured at the bottom of this page, make sure you get the top of the line, whatever they call it.
A tiny bottle of tabasco was included. Seemed original to me.
8 for spice
7 for garnish (I like celery - also)
3 for interesting rim salt
9 for originality
8 for strength
So I think they get a 7
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Cedar Street Courtyard
My friend Rob runs Cedar Street Courtyard so I of course was obligated to try one of his bloody marys. They're good. I'd say a 7 out of 10 overall.
I think I need to come up with a multipoint scale.
1-10 for spice
1-10 for garnish
1-10 for interesting rim salt
1-10 for originality
1-10 for strength
For Cedar Street, I'd say it's spice-8, garnish-5, salt-1, originality-4, strength-9, which averages out to a 5.
Next we'll look at Katz's
I think I need to come up with a multipoint scale.
1-10 for spice
1-10 for garnish
1-10 for interesting rim salt
1-10 for originality
1-10 for strength
For Cedar Street, I'd say it's spice-8, garnish-5, salt-1, originality-4, strength-9, which averages out to a 5.
Next we'll look at Katz's
Stickin it to the man!
I think Martha Stewart got screwed.
It was a case of overzealous little people stickin it to the man.
But that's just an aside. I like Martha because she pursues perfection, and that's a good thing.
What's this got to do with drinking Bloody Marys? Nothing. And Everything.
My wife and I are foodies. Austin is a good place to be such a person.
I never had a bloody mary in my life that didn't suck until I went to New Orleans to Commander's Palace. The one I had their knocked me out. It was perfection. So I bought their cookbook and proceeded to make my own in their style back home.
The problem is that it takes about 6 weeks to do so. Making your own hot sauce, worchestershire sauce, tomato juice, seasoned salt and garnishes from scratch takes a bit of time. Just the worchestershire sauce alone has about 15 ingredients.
When done, it is perfection, so Amanda and I redubbed it The Bloody Martha.
And it sent me on a quest. Where is the best bloody mary in Austin Texas? And can the bartender prepare it in less than 6 weeks?
It was a case of overzealous little people stickin it to the man.
But that's just an aside. I like Martha because she pursues perfection, and that's a good thing.
What's this got to do with drinking Bloody Marys? Nothing. And Everything.
My wife and I are foodies. Austin is a good place to be such a person.
I never had a bloody mary in my life that didn't suck until I went to New Orleans to Commander's Palace. The one I had their knocked me out. It was perfection. So I bought their cookbook and proceeded to make my own in their style back home.
The problem is that it takes about 6 weeks to do so. Making your own hot sauce, worchestershire sauce, tomato juice, seasoned salt and garnishes from scratch takes a bit of time. Just the worchestershire sauce alone has about 15 ingredients.
When done, it is perfection, so Amanda and I redubbed it The Bloody Martha.
And it sent me on a quest. Where is the best bloody mary in Austin Texas? And can the bartender prepare it in less than 6 weeks?
