The Lychee Martini

We bring you a more unusual weekend cocktail sendoff this week per the specific request of our lovely yellow feathered leader Tweety.  Tweety had a specific craving for a perfect lychee martini.  Sweet and strong, Tweety has always been a lover of the rare but delicious cocktail.  Of course, there is only one place to get a perfect lychee martini, and that is at the famous Tao restaurant located in the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas.  (Tweety could pay a visit to the NYC Toa location, but lets face it - it just doesn’t taste as good when you can’t follow up that first sip with a sigh of “Vegas baby!”) Luckily for Tweety, this craving can be filled next week when our beloved birdie flies down to Vegas (first class wing seat) for the annual JCK jewelry trade show.  Even more luckily for Tweety, the trade show is housed in the Venetian Hotel where Tweety has arranged top rate hotel accommodations, and a reservation at the restaurant in mention.  Since this craving fulfillment doesn't happen until next week, Tweety decided to take a crack at a more homemade version of the drinkable treat this week.  Hey, worse comes to worse, it is so bad, that the real thing will taste even better next week.  We found this promising recipe based on another fellow lychee martini fanatic who did some research in order to find the perfect at home recipe.  Enjoy!