Blue Mountain Snake
INGREDIENTS
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Snake rum 2 oz.
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Blue Curacao 1 oz.
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Lime juice 1 oz.
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Orange juice 2 oz.
STEPS
1 |
Mix all ingredients in a shaker and shake |
2 |
Pour into a highball glass |
The Ruins Rock Cafe
Location: Dominica
Bartender: Thomas
I laughed at the name of the bar, The Ruins Rock Cafe, recalling a passenger who told me what she thought of the tour I offered to the Mexican ruins in Chichen Itza.
She said if she wanted to see ruins, she would look in the mirror. In Mexico, mescal is famous for having a worm inside, accompanied by folklore about hallucinating if you eat it.
The Ruins Cafe in Domenica, a wild and crazy-colorful bar, is nestled in the ruins of a burnt-out building. It’s a resurrection that is truly mind-blowing. This bar tops the list in all my travels as having the most shockingly unique contents in their alcohol.
The choices are extensive, a true adventure for the palate, including rum bottles with centipedes, slugs, lizards and grasshoppers, locusts and lucky snakes marinating inside bottles of local rum.
If you’re not in the mood for the daily kill, you can chill with a marijuana rum punch! By far and away, the most exotic bar I’ve visited, I’m pretty sure I would have ended up psychotic had I decided to imbibe.
Our bartender, Thomas, this afternoon showcased his craft by creating a vibrant Blue Mountain Snake rum drink, a spirited choice indeed. And for those with a free-spirited palate (and a preference for animal-free cocktails), he whipped up a refreshing Tropical Fruit Punch.
Inside the colorful bar
Exotic concoctions if you dare
HISS!
The sound of a snake when not marinated in a bottle of alcohol. And a flashback to a snake who conned me out of my condo.
I bought my dream condo pre-construction when living in Cozumel. After a tropical storm turned into a Cat. 5 hurricane churning over the island like blending a margarita, I faced my apartment after losing all my possessions.
The emotional toll of a legal battle with a developer who repossessed my condo with the help of forged documents and a months-long battle in a Mexican court case was immense.
