The DD’s Special Cocktail

A good friend sent me a copy of the DD’s Cocktails guide published around 1939. DD’s was a chain of nighttime venues in Shanghai that moved around a bit but included a Cafe on Bubbling Well Road (Nanjing West Road) and a nightclub on the Avenue Joffre (Huai Hai Road). Pretty classy joints by all accounts. Obviously the cocktail guide is a nice little promotional for them with plenty of recipes and some risque drawings that would certainly have attracted my custom.

So as it’s hot and the weekend’s here perhaps it’s time to recreate the DD’s Special which sounds mighty fine to me:

The DD’s Special Cocktail

1/2 vodka

1/4 French Vermouth

1/4 Italian Vermouth

1 teaspoonful Grenadine

1 teaspoonful white curacao

1 dash sugar syrup

Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass. Add a cherry.

Enjoy

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