Sandia

SANDIA NEGRONI

• 1 oz. / 30 ml. tequila

• 1 oz. / 30 ml. aperol

• 1 oz. / 30 ml. fresh watermelon juice

• ½ oz. / 15 ml. fresh lime juice

• ¼ oz. / 7.5 ml. ginger syrup

METHOD
add all ingredients to shaker tin / add ice and shake until chilled / strain into glass over fresh ice / garnish with mint and watermelon ball soaked in Fresno chili juice (optional)

ABOUT
Created in 2016 by David Valdez at Simbal (Little Tokyo, Los Angeles; now closed), this refreshing summer drink was listed as “Sandia Negroni.” Despite not being a Negroni, it is a cross-cultural mash-up: an Italian name with Mexican liquor from a Southeast Asian restaurant in a Japanese-American neighborhood. Cheers y’all!