What's your favorite martini?

[Washington]

My favorite martini is one made by an older gentleman during happy hour. After 12 years and two restaurant bars we still don't know each other's names and I always ask for 'gin martini straight up with a twist'.
My second favorite martini, if I am somewhere else or it is not happy hour, is 'Bombay Sapphire martini straight up with a twist'. I am not fussy. I hate people fussing in restaurants. If I get olives or a lime I don't complain. My second favorite martini is susceptible to change without prior notice, say, Boodles or whatever.
This is the one drink I do not make at home.

Not that its a rare drink, but that happens to be my favorite as well. Still I rarely see anyone else order it with a twist nowadays, and unfortunately if it arrives with olives I must send it back.

Here's to you.

-Washington

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Cheers! Nice avatar, I've always thought. Yes, I know, I cringe whenever I must specify gin when ordering but it helps to be specific in this century. Now that I think of it, I may have sent it back once when olives arrived. Usually I'm too thirsty.
Ashley

 

[Barry]

I enjoy them as well. I prefer Gin.

I also like a Manhattan now and then but I've noticed that a lot of bartenders tend to make a Manhattan as they would a dry Martini. I wind up getting a chilled "bourbon up" with a cherry.

Barry

 

[Washington]

Speaking of sending it back, some where on here you'll see the story I told about receiving in turn, one with olives, ones with an onion, and then finally one with a quarter of a lemon wedge before giving up and ordering a beer.

-Washington

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Washington, I vaguely remember that story, haha! Barry, my best friend orders a Manhattan and it arrives as it should be. Yummy. By the way, at $2.50 a pop, we Rochesterians are pretty fortunate.

 

[Barry]

Barry, my best friend orders a Manhattan and it arrives as it should be. Yummy. By the way, at $2.50 a pop, we Rochesterians are pretty fortunate.

That sounds about perfect.

I ordered one at a local steakhouse ($9+) here in DC and it came with a huge orange/cherry/toothpick garnish. Kind of like a Manhattan "old fashioned" hybrid.

Barry

 

[John in Covina]

T-10

Equal parts Tanquerey TEN gin and Ketel One vodka with a few drops of dry vermouth, Shaken and served in a chilled or frozen martini glass with an olive.

Feel the cares of the day just slip away!

 

[Harry Pierpont]

Speaking of sending it back, some where on here you'll see the story I told about receiving in turn, one with olives, ones with an onion, and then finally one with a quarter of a lemon wedge before giving up and ordering a beer.

-Washington

Martini with a twist and an onion would be a Gibson, I belive

 

[Kimberly]

OK, I am curious now. I can understand how an olive would make a martini taste good but an onion?? Is it overpowering or does it actually enhance it somehow. [huh].

I am so grateful for all of your suggestions. I am going to try a couple of them out at the wedding I have coming up.

 

[vonwotan]

Kimberly - The cocktail onion is also soaked in brine, imparts a bit of saltiness, but a bit different than an olive. BTW, the onions are about the same size as an olive.

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

Ketel One martinis are the way I go. Sometimes dirty, sometimes not. I also go with the Tanquerey 10 if I want a gin martini, which is occasional. Hendrick's is nice too.

As for speciality martinis, I really dislike the martinis that are just dessert, mostly because while tasty, they take about 5 minutes to drink, are invariably $12, and are cloyingly sweet. A lemon drop martini with a sugar rim is a nice compromise IMHO. :essen:

 

[Senator Jack]

Posted by Chanfan:
Probably should have asked "what's your favorite specialty martini", but I suspect the purists, or just the opinionated (myself included) still wouldn't have been able to resist side railing the thread.

Thus my absence from this thread. My restraint is a a testament to human willpower.

Regards,

Senator Jack: A Quinn/Martin Production

 

[Fletch]

Speaking of sending it back, some where on here you'll see the story I told about receiving in turn, one with olives, ones with an onion, and then finally one with a quarter of a lemon wedge before giving up and ordering a beer.

This is the kind of situation where the rubes are having a big ole toothless laugh trying to "train" the visiting urbanite to local ways, little realizing that nothing short of felonious assault would drive the message home.

 

[olive bleu]

My very first Martini ever was during our local Jazz festival. I was previously pretty much a wine & beer gal,but knew that the day would come when I would have to try a "real" martini. I had never even had a choco-tini, or any of those other thingies.I was saving myself for the real McCoy.

So, there I was listening to some great Jazz with a view of Halifax harbour before me, and I ordered a classic Gin Martini.I really had no idea what I was doing, but all I can say is that it forever changed the way I would drink.It was absolute perfection.Made with Bombay Sapphire, dirty with just a whisper of vermouth, and icy cold...it was love at first sip. Sadly, no matter how thorough my instructions, i find it difficult to have that duplicated, with any consistency.But
, I do make them,often,at home.


Other than the classic, the only other drink I order (that comes in a martini glass) is at one of my favourite spots, here, on Martini Monday , is a Blue Lagoon, which i only drink from June-August..made with blue curacao, coconut rum, a splash of milk,with a cherry plopped in....summer in a glass...

But, it's not a martini.

 

[Kimberly]

Side rail all you want gentlemen. I do it all the time. lol

I am actually getting more from this thread due to the derailment. I never knew the history of the martini and actually thought that all of the fruity ones out there were in fact martini's. Now I knew better and am going to order a true martini next time I am out at an upscale lounge or bar. :eusa_clap

 

[Absinthe_1900]

Junipero Gin with a good amount of Vermouth, or Lillett Blanc, and Regans Orange bitters, makes a great 1930s style Martini.

 

[Hondo]

Ever been to the Cheesecake factory? They have a nice mellow strawberry flavored martini with sugar on its rim, I love it. Cosmos are also good

 

[Chanfan]

Thus my absence from this thread. My restraint is a a testament to human willpower.

Regards,

Senator Jack: A Quinn/Martin Production

lol lol lol

Senator Jack, should I ever meet you, if I don't have a drink with you, I will honestly be tempted to cry.

 

[jazzzbaby]

Vodka Martini or a Dirty Martini for me
~ with three or four olives!

Haven't had one in quite sometime, but when I use
to go out more frequently that was my drink of choice.
It lasted me awhile and I hardly ever needed a second one.

 

[Lee Lynch]

Godiva chocolate martini for me!