SFist Drinks: Cantina's Laughing Buddha

Duggan is also contributing to the new site Barmano.com, founded by SF local Dave Slade, which is just barely off the ground and features recipes, city bar guides, bar job listings.

And now we give you Duggan:

I'd wanted to name a cocktail 'Laughing Buddha' for some time prior to munching that watershed bag o' Kettle Chips a few summers ago. It was a warm day, see, and the Thai Spice chips were damn delicious. And as I enjoyed the contents of the entire bag, I flipped it and read the chips' ingredients: Chile Peppers, Honey, Ginger, Lime ... And, bam! I knew I had to make a cocktail with those flavors - and shortly thereafter - I had a strangely succulent cocktail on my hands, a taste that lives between a lemonade and a Bloody Mary. That's the Laughing Buddha. The most popular cocktail at Cantina.

2 oz. Hangar One Buddha's Hand Citron Vodka
1 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
.5 oz. Five Spice Infused Agave Nectar
2 small pieces of Serrano Chiles & 3 small pieces of diced Ginger, muddled

Pour all into a mixing pint, shake with ice, and strain into an ice-filed highball glass while simultaneously pouring 1 oz. of Ginger Beer. Garnish with a cut ginger wedge, and Enjoy!

Cantina SF is at 580 Sutter Street, just above Union Square.

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