Comments on: Fernet Branca, and the Hanky Panky Cocktail http://wellfed.net/2007/07/09/fernet-branca-and-the-hanky-panky-cocktail/ A network of 15 food and wine related sites. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:07:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Robert Hess http://wellfed.net/2007/07/09/fernet-branca-and-the-hanky-panky-cocktail/#comment-29236 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:49:56 +0000 http://wellfed.net/2007/07/09/fernet-branca-and-the-hanky-panky-cocktail/#comment-29236 Adam... Glad to hear that you've tried the Hanky Panky and enjoyed it! I think it is a drink worth rediscovering. As for the Savoy... I wouldn't say that it was a particular disappointing experience. When it comes to cocktails (and bartenders), I'm always looking for those "cream of the crop" ones which are few and far between. I wouldn't want to find them everywhere, just in the same way that I wouldn't want to find Alain Ducasse level cooking done everywhere. At the Savoy, it would have been nice to see that they are making sure their bartenders are really on top of things, and for most people they probably are. But in my case I presented the right hurdles to jump that showed some holes in their experience. And such an experience just makes it that much more pleasureable and amazing when I do find bars, bartenders, and cocktails which show that special little spark I am always on the lookout for. Adam…

Glad to hear that you’ve tried the Hanky Panky and enjoyed it! I think it is a drink worth rediscovering.

As for the Savoy… I wouldn’t say that it was a particular disappointing experience. When it comes to cocktails (and bartenders), I’m always looking for those “cream of the crop” ones which are few and far between. I wouldn’t want to find them everywhere, just in the same way that I wouldn’t want to find Alain Ducasse level cooking done everywhere. At the Savoy, it would have been nice to see that they are making sure their bartenders are really on top of things, and for most people they probably are. But in my case I presented the right hurdles to jump that showed some holes in their experience. And such an experience just makes it that much more pleasureable and amazing when I do find bars, bartenders, and cocktails which show that special little spark I am always on the lookout for.

]]> by: Adam http://wellfed.net/2007/07/09/fernet-branca-and-the-hanky-panky-cocktail/#comment-28943 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:29:57 +0000 http://wellfed.net/2007/07/09/fernet-branca-and-the-hanky-panky-cocktail/#comment-28943 Don't mean to comment twice, but I wanted to relay that while at the B-Side Lounge in Cambridge, MA I was talking with the bartender about Fernet and cocktails that use it. He whipped up a Hanky Panky and liked it so much we're hoping it'll be added to their cocktail menu real soon. Cheers! Don’t mean to comment twice, but I wanted to relay that while at the B-Side Lounge in Cambridge, MA I was talking with the bartender about Fernet and cocktails that use it.
He whipped up a Hanky Panky and liked it so much we’re hoping it’ll be added to their cocktail menu real soon. Cheers!

]]> by: Adam http://wellfed.net/2007/07/09/fernet-branca-and-the-hanky-panky-cocktail/#comment-28562 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:52:04 +0000 http://wellfed.net/2007/07/09/fernet-branca-and-the-hanky-panky-cocktail/#comment-28562 Wow - sounds like your experience at the Savoy was... well... disappointing. Wow - sounds like your experience at the Savoy was… well… disappointing.

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