The Pegu Club was a British Officer's club in the late 1800s in Burma near Rangoon. Their signature cocktail has long been famous, and made more so by London's Savoy Hotel in the 1930s. There is now a lovely cocktail bar of the same name in New York, dedicated to making excellent cocktails.The Pegu Club Cocktail
2 oz dry gin
1 oz curacao or Cointreau
teaspoon lime juice
dash orange bitters
dash Angostura bitters
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of lime.
YUM. This is one of my favorites.
Cross-posted at What the Hell is Wrong With You?
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Since this is Books'n'Booze, I thought I'd add a book suggestion to go along with the cocktail. I'm reading "The Piano Tuner" by Daniel Mason. The main character (the piano tuner) is sent to Burma by the British War Office to repair a rare Erard piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon.
Excellent, thank you! One of these days I'll actually get around to writing book reviews here. I love the idea of a book that goes with a drink.
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