About
Created in 2016 by David Valdez at Simbal (Little Tokyo, Los Angeles; now closed), this refreshing summer drink was listed as “Sandia Negroni.” Despite not being a Negroni, it is a cross-cultural mash-up: an Italian name with Mexican liquor from a Southeast Asian restaurant in a Japanese-American neighborhood.Cheers y’all!
Ingredients
- 1 oz · 30 mltequila
- 1 oz · 30 mlaperol
- 1 oz · 30 mlfresh watermelon juice
- ½ oz · 15 mlfresh lime juice
- ¼ oz · 7.5 mlginger syrup
Method
- 1
Add all ingredients to shaker tin.
- 2
Add ice and shake until chilled.
- 3
Strain into glass over fresh ice.
- 4
Garnish with mint and watermelon ball soaked in Fresno chili juice (optional).
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