The Quintessential Chocolate Martini

Ogden Nash observed that "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker." To prove that theory we sucked down 2 chocolate martini's in record time. It did the trick! The potion melted away the arctic chill and our frozen noses in seconds.

The quintessential chocolate martini, perfected by beverage guru and event coordinator, Sam Jaminez of 'The Standard', makes the world's yummiest on the planet. All great mixologists have their own variations on this classic but Sam's secret - Godiva white chocolate!

Sam provides 2 classy looking martini glasses, chilled, and decorated with gooey chocolate swirls on the inside. He takes 2 cocktail shakers, each half full of cracked ice and ingredients and shakes and strains the tempting elixir into our glasses at a nice and leisurely pace. The concoction measures even with the tip of the glass.

My eyes are bulging out of my sockets at this point. Hurry, hurry, leave us be now Sam, leave us be. As he turns, Denise and I torpedo for our drinks. We toast only briefly, skipping a speech entirely, and sinking our dry palettes into taste-bud bliss. Every nerve ending on our tongues is tingling, dancing, doing cartwheels, as we cannonball the concoction.

Ahhhhh, guilty pleasures before even the appetizers arrive, you'll get all that and more at 'The Standard'. I'm taking the whole gang back on Sunday - see you there Sam.