LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2024

READY-TO-DRINK FLAVOUR OF THE SUMMER

MAI TAI

PAIR Assemble your own pupu platter with items like coco nut shrimp, spring rolls, fried wontons and our savoury vegetarian Spicy Grilled Tofu Skewers with Quick-Pickled Vegetables . Find recipe at LCBO.com/fdsummer24. ice and garnish with a fat bouquet of mint, plus half a small lime” —Charlene Rooke, Drinks Editor “Tropical cocktails are delicious in hot weather, but often require mul tiple spirits, juices and unusual syrups and ingredients like orgeat or falernum. Keep it summer-easy with pre made versions of the Mai Tai, an iconic trop ical rum cocktail that’s having its moment in the sun. Pour it over crushed

TRY Notes of rum and lime get juiced with pineapple and creamy coconut flavour in the canned Cutwater Rum Mai Tai ( LCBO 36598, 355 mL, $3.95 ). Trader Vic’s Mai Tai ( LCBO 36675, 1.75 L, $27.95 ) is inspired by the rum-forward version at the original California tropical bar, where the drink was invented by founder Vic “The Trader” Bergeron.

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SERVE Modern alternatives to traditional tiki-style mugs and cups (which are now thought to appropriate South Pacific cultural symbols) include vessels shaped like anything from fruit to flamingos, sea creatures to cac tuses. Find options at themodernbartender.com, a store from the same founder as The Shameful Tiki Room.

Another modern classic, four-part cocktail (like the Naked and Famous, p. 89), the Paper Plane combines bourbon, Aperol, amaro and lemon juice in equal measure. Maverick House Cocktails Paper Plane ( LCBO 37508, 375 mL, $17.95 ) is an Ontario craft version that’s ready to chill and pour. Spiked soda fountain–inspired cans make grown-up summer treats: try Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola ( LCBO 37109, 473 mL, $3.75 ) or Coca-Cola Zero Sugar ( LCBO 37110, 473 mL, $3.75 ), and SVNS Hard 7UP Original ( LCBO 36635, 355 mL, $3.05 ) or Lemonade ( LCBO 37117, 355 mL, $3.05 ).