SIGNATURE DRINK -- The James Luce: vodka, rum and Midori, topped off with a splash of cranberry and pineapple juice and a squeeze of lemon, $9.
To make a Shanghai Cosmo, fill a shaker with ice and add 1 ounce each of vodka, Choya plum wine and cranberry juice, and a splash each of pineapple juice and lime juice.
Minutes after I arrived, I was standing on the roof deck when Mabelu Pedraza, the housekeeper-chef-receptionist, brought me a chilled towel and a glass of pineapple juice with a splash of vodka.
SHANGHAI COSMO Adapted from 66 1 1/2 ounces of Skyy vodka 1 ounce of plum sake 1 ounce of cranberry juice Splash of guanabana juice Splash of pineapple juice Splash of lime juice French-cut lemon twist.
FRENCH MARTINI Adapted From Fleur de Sel Thinly sliced green apples Pinch of fleur de sel 1 ounce vodka 1/4 ounce Chambord Liqueur Royale de France Splash of pineapple juice Splash of apple cider.
Which brings us to the Havana fix — not a 19th century cocktail but one that could pass as one in a police lineup, a fix made with rum, pineapple and a splash of chartreuse, like a tiki drink's mustachioed great-grandfather.
You could swap the pineapple for two tart eating apples, cored and quartered, in which case use a splash of apple juice or cider instead of the pineapple juice.
300g very ripe bananas 150g coconut cream 1 tbsp maple syrup A splash of rum or Malibu 1 mango ½ pineapple 1 Chop the bananas and mix with the coconut cream.
Order a Paviliontini, made with Absolut Citron, pineapple juices with a splash of orange juice ($7.50), and gaze out over the town's steeples and dark waters of Ashley River.
Snoop Dogg: [It's The Laid Back Cocktail prepared by Niko Novick of N2 Mixology, with one part gin, one part apple vodka, two parts fresh pineapple juice, and a splash of soda, on the rocks.] You know, Martha Stewart made this same drink for me on my show [ Martha and Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party].
