Setting the scene:
Riviera Sunrise Cocktail
Wanda and Roqué loved to travel on railway journeys especially romantic ones like the Orient Express and water trips on classic wooden boats which they had taken from Venice to Murano.
They often drove into the countryside in their vintage Austin Healey 3000, the wind blowing in their hair, with a wicker butterfly picnic hamper strapped to the boot rack.
The Love Train had been a special surprise trip for Roqué, running from Exeter in Devon along the English Riviera to Paignton.
They had taken the opportunity to jump on and off stopping to walk along the beach at Teignmouth, eat fresh cockles at Torquay, dibble their toes in the warm sea at Sandy Cove and make love amongst the sand dunes with the waves lapping on the shore with its gentle rhythm.
To emphasize the gorgeous memories they re-created the Love Train at home.
As the autumn sun began to sink into the coolness of the evening the silence was only breached by the chink of glasses bringing Riviera Sunrise cocktails exploding in an array of morning sunshine colours.
Wanda had prepared the room… she smiled as she glanced in the mirror at her body encased in her (and Roqué’s) favourite Reger by Janet Reger lace body suit, then with a flick of her wrist she popped the engine drivers hat onto her head, it was full steam for a great evening of love, lust and food.
Riviera Sunrise Cocktail
For 2 lovers
Get on with it…
You will need 2 tall glasses to get the desired sunrise effect.
Drop in 3 or 4 ice cubes per glass, add freshly squeezed orange juice, one measure of Gordon’s gin and one measure of Don Julio Tequila.
Now add a double measure of Monin Grenadine syrup (made from pomegranate juice) gently sliding it down the inside of the glass until you have the Riviera Sunrise effect.
Let the drink settle for 10 seconds and enjoy. Do not stir or you will spoil the orange and berry fusion of flavours. Also works magic swapping the Tequila or Gin with coconut rum…
Feed the Desire
A major player in the realms of the aphrodisiacs, pomegranate was celebrated as the culinary symbol of Aphrodite by the ancient Greeks. To add to the mystique, some say the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden was indeed not an apple but rather the magical pomegranate.
