Every once in a while I’ve ordered a drink having a good idea of what it will be like, only to be totally shocked when it arrives at my table. I had this happen to me last month while on my husband and I were on vacation. We had taken a catamaran to St. Barth’s for the day and stopped in the first bar we found at the Gustavia Marina.
Having been on a steady diet of rum-based cocktails for three days prior, I decided to branch out and order a gin fizz.
This is what was set in front of me:
Gin Fizz in St. Barth’s — note the empty space between the lime slice and the gin
The top part was almost like a lime sorbet, as opposed to the more traditional frothed egg white. But what really caught my eye was the placement of the lime slice. It was perfectly positioned in the center of the glass, keeping the contents of the cocktail separate.
Attempts in Domesticity 