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Best Martini s

I am tired of seeing threads only about things I don't drink(sorry beer and scotch fans). I like Martini's and maybe others out there do also. I prefer mine with Bombay Saphire gin and Noilly Prat French Dry Vermouth. Start with a boston shaker 2/3 full of ice cubes, then add room temp. gin (I usually use 2 jiggers of gin but I have large glasses) and then add a quick mist of chilled vermouth after the gin is comfortable with the ice and proceed to shake the hell out of it. Then strain into a chilled cocktail glass(I prefer Riedel crystal) with NO garnish, I once heard a saying "garnish is a speed bump on the road to bliss". Any other martini fans out there? what do you prefer?
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Muso & Frank's. Hollywood, California. Hands down. Plus a mini-carafe on the side. Bartenders are classic -- none younger than 70 years old. These blokes know how to make a proper, non fu-fu, Martini.

Now, for Martini Italiano -- i.e. a Negroni -- go to Overstreets. A couple of bartenders there have a passion for the "old time" drinks. I've even been thanked for ordering Negroni's there -- they *like* to make them.

Lastly, good Negroni at, of all places, the Holiday Inn in Kyoto (in Japan Holiday Inn's aren't really Holiday Inn's, if you know what I mean). Sit on the rooftop "beer garden", watching the river and sip away. Ahhhhhh!

I'm going to go shake some up right now...
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