Sparkling cocktails and stromboli
December 20, 2011 § Leave a comment
We girls love our fruity cocktails. Yesterday, some of us (and Phil) went into New Brunswick to take advantage of the 4-7pm happy hour at Clydz Restaurant, where it’s half-off on all fancy drinks. Below, we have Phil’s Russian Winter (Zubrowka, nocello, dark and white chocolate liqueurs), Tonia’s Apple Pie (apple vodka, apple schnapps, apple liqueur, apple juice, honey, and cinnamon), and my all-time favorite, the Destroyer (sweet tea vodka, elderflower liqueur, lemonade, cucumber, and club soda). So sweet, so damned good.
Cocktail trio
I do have to say that sipping on the Destroyer was a bit of tease though, because all of the flavors are so refreshing and remind me of summer, evoking images of people sitting on their porches in rocking chairs and just watching the clouds float by.
The Destroyer
My second drink of the evening was a lovely sparkling drink called the French “55,” with something called Zubrowka, elderflower, pineapple, lemon and champagne. Slightly tropical and not too sweet, the drink’s lemon element also gave the cocktail a heady aroma just as you sipped it. And because we didn’t know what was actually in Zubrowka, we Wiki-ed it and discovered that it’s sometimes referred to as Buffalo Grass vodka, distilled from rye and known to have flavors of woodruff (whatever that is), vanilla, coconut, and almond. Yummy.
French 55
Tiff also got a beautifully colored drink called the Sparkling Sunrise, with Chambord, peach schnapps, and champagne. I’m all about the sparkling cocktails at Clydz now. Something about champagne always makes the occasion a little bit more special.
Sparkling Sunrise
But because we can’t live on cocktails alone, after happy hour, we walked over to Stuff Yer Face for some piping hot strombolis. I ordered my classic, chipotle pork with cheddar, and happily dug into some meaty, cheesy bliss.
Chipotle pork stromboli
Clydz Restaurant
55 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732.846.6521
http://www.clydz.com/
Stuff Yer Face
49 Easton Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732.247.1727
http://www.stuffyerface.com/
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