Drink This: Kabocha Shots at Nobu
Drink This is NBCLA's weekly taste of local sips
By ALYSIA GRAY PAINTER
Updated 12:45 PM PDT, Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Your job: get to the bar. Our job: Help you find that perfect drink. This week, NBCLA's "Drink This" journey takes us out for...
Dessert & shot: It's a one-two special at Nobu West Hollywood, on through Thanksgiving 2009.
The dessert: Kabocha, or Japanese pumpkin, is at the heart. Caramelized Kabocha seeds, Kabocha creme, caramel and coconut ice creams, and a bit of vanilla finish the fall flavors.
The shot: Pureed Kabocha, plus rum, condensed milk, and nutmeg.
Condensed milk: We're fond of all the flavors in this sweet and its companion sip, but the condensed milk has us looking twice. Because it is not common in cocktails. Because it has a smell that is all at once fabulous and fuddy-duddyly homespun. In fact, Demeter makes a condensed milk perfume. We've worn it.
$14: The price for both dessert and shot.
Nobu West Hollywood: The minimalist decor has plenty of autumnal hues swirling about. So you'll be reveling in the season on the outside as it warms you from within.
The one-two: We're seeing a lot of holiday sweets coming down the Christmas-y conveyor belt, as usual. And, the usual candy-cane-peppermint-liqueur toddies. But rarer are the match-ups, like drink and dessert. This twosome is making us feel mighty merry indeed.
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First Published: Nov 16, 2009 12:26 PM PDT
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