SIAM SUNRAY - Thailand in a Glass

New York has "Manhattan," Singapore has "Singapore Sling," Cuban has "Mojito;" now Thailand has our own "Siam Sunray." The recipe sounds like we're making the very famous soup dish "Tom Yum." I'm just wondering who came up with the name "Sunray" when the color doesn't look a bit like "Sun ray" at all. Anyhow, I'll try it out this weekend with my friends.

Ingredients
30-40 ml. of Smirnoff vodka
30 ml. of coconut liqueur
15 ml. of syrup
¼ cm. of Thai chilli pepper
3 slices of young ginger
1 Kaffir lime leaf
3 slivers of lemon grass
3 drops of lime juice
Soda water

Preparation

• Crush the small Thai chilli pepper, young ginger, Kaffir lime leaf, and lemon grass together in a shaker to bring out the aroma and flavor of the Thai herbs.
• Add syrup, lime juice and Smirnoff and shake well.
• Strain into a glass with ice; top up with soda water;
• garnish with chilli, lemon grass and a slice of lime.

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