You Need a Root Canal
The Root Canal: a tiki-style scotch cocktail. Concocted by Sam Treadway of DRINK for Randy Wong of The WAITIKI 7
When WAITIKI 7 music director Randy Wong found himself with a nasty toothache last week, it seemed there was only one cure—a root canal. Following an intense two-part procedure lasting over four hours, the pain finally subsided, and just in time for Wong to meet up with fellow WAITIKI 7 bandmate and Adventures In Paradise co-producer Tim Mayer for a drink at Drink (348 Congress St., Boston).
While Mayer and Wong each consumed a Natatorium, Wong shared the toils of his root canal pain. Fortunately, Drink bartender Sam Treadway was conducting a ‘procedure’ of his own, the result of which is a delicious tiki-style scotch cocktail called The Root Canal.
Though not dentists ourselves, we would informally prescribe Treadway’s Root Canal to anyone seeking successful and painless post-endodontic recovery!
Recipe for a Root Canal
1 oz Ardberg
3/4 oz Cognac
3/4 oz Famous Grouse
1/2 oz fresh squeezed lemon
1/2 oz fresh squeezed grapefruit
1/2 oz honey syrup
1/2 oz grenadine
1/2 oz yellow Chartreuse
Shake over crushed ice. Float Chartreuse.
