Super classy tasting menu for a bloodymary double feature 🍷🚀🩸
sooooo as a bloodymary enthusiast and wine/alcohol pairing nerd, I had to get this off my chest. somebody give me a generous budget and fly my best friends to my locations so I can do this for real.
IRON LUNG
Course 1: Blood Ocean
(served when we first see Simon on screen)
To drink: a pure varietal red Grenache, which should be close to a true blood-red color
To eat: a chicken curry with plenty of spices and paprika, this is going to go well with the Grenache because the chicken is not a super dark protein, and so it won’t taste too strong compared to the less-intense wine, but the spices should really compliment it. I haven’t had a lot of grenache so take this with a grain of salt BUT I’m very confident in the spices thing.
Course 2:
(Served when Simon wakes up after the skeleton incident)
To drink: a classic vodka martini served in a small glass jar with a red olive stuffed with Calabrian chili as a garnish. This should look like an evil red eye and be a nod to the jar of rubbing alcohol he knocks back.
To eat: oysters with a red onion mignonette. this will be a very sour sauce on an already salty oyster, which will add the missing flavor pieces to the botanical and spicy cocktail and garnish. plus it should be a fitting and attractive pinkish red, and should remind you of the eel.
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PROJECT HAIL MARY
Course 3: Petrova
(Served when we see Grace alone in his classroom before we meet Stratt)
To drink: a small Moscow mule in the traditional copper mug. I don’t have much of an explanation for this, other than that it’s a vodka cocktail and a nod to Ilyukhina who supplied Ryland with the vodka
To eat: a rich and spicy pork al pastor burrito bowl, as a nod to Grace’s burritos from the book. I like spicy things with my mules so that’s why I’ve chosen that.
Course 4: Amaze!
(served when Rocky comes onto the ship)
To drink: a medium bodied pinot noir from Sonoma (let me be a snob here please I promise it won’t happen again). This is mainly to go with the food which I really wanted to add, but the fruitiness of nice Sonoma pinot noirs is going to go so well with a really rich broth just trust me on this.
To eat: thick and rich beef ramen with mushrooms, bean sprouts, black garlic and a soft boiled egg. should line up with the ramen/eating scene in the movie which I find hilarious.
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DEBRIEF/NON-OPTIONAL BLOODYMARY POWERPOINT
Course 5: Bloody Mary
To drink: a Bloody Mary. Obviously, hehe. Add some Crystal hot sauce to that bad boy and the same vodka used for the martini and the mule for consistency.
To eat: a kimchi burger slider (kimchi, burger patty, over medium egg, small brioche bun, crystal hot sauce). Reference to the meburgers from the book.
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Will anybody be standing by the end of this (3 vodka cocktails and 2 glasses of wine)? Maybe not. Will it rule all the way though? Yes. You may notice the convenient break I’ve included to let people get past the peak of good and tipsy between 4 and 5, in order for each person to decide for themselves how strong they want that last bloodymary to be. Hope this is interesting to someone, and if not then my bad and peace out.
