If anyone knows how to make surprising combos meet , it ’s a rockabilly tiki bar . New York haven Otto ’s Shrunken Head is know for its elaborate cocktail in the rummy - saturated vein of Trader Vic , as well as their original mixture . But would they do as well tincture wild smell into tequila for a fun time square ?
To find out , we ask one of the bar ’s raddest tenders , Zofia Maria , to make us the whacky Cuervo cocktails she could imagine . She obliged , with a maniac gleam in her eye .
Chips & Salsa
Zofia says:“Zapp ’s Cajun Dill chips are my favorite flavor out of all the Zapp ’s flavors and I was just thinking how yummy would this be if I can create that look into a cocktail , so I experimented and voila ! Then it led me to think of bit and salsa , hence the Bloody Mary mix & blistering sauce and nothing snuff it better with chips and salsa then some tequila ! Olé ! ! "
This next one takes a picayune preparation . Cut three jalapeños into thin flight strip . Infuse in a bottle of Cuervo Especial anywhere from five days to forever and a day . Ho ho ho ! Now you have jalapeño tequila .
Exploda Paloma
Zofia enounce : Ms. Maria care the tour of the tastebuds this cocktail represents , leading your tongue on a circuit of “ sweetened and spicy , with a bite from the jalapeños , plus there ’s table salt and chili on the rim . ”
Now that you ’ve bugger off this infused teqila matter locked down , try something without capsaicin . If you ca n’t find Jose Cuervo Cinge cinnamon tequila in your area , tincture three cinnamon sticks in a nursing bottle of Especial for two days and tenor . Do this Thursday Nox so you ’ve suffer the best brunch drink ever quick to sway on Sunday . The mellifluous flavor will be a nice switch after all the oestrus in the last duad cocktail .
French Toast
Zofia says:“Delicious ! perceptiveness just like French toast . ” Be gallant , noble bartender . You ’ve given us a furious night and a delightful breakfast .
The last timeBrendan McGinleygot wild he bruised two rib . Laugh at his pain on Twitter@BrendanMcGinley .
Photography by Ted Cavanaugh Styling by Michelle Gatton/Stockland Martel
Photography by Ted Cavanaugh Styling by Michelle Gatton/Stockland Martel
