© Richard Patterson
LuckyRice Opening Cocktails 2010
We’re in the midst of
LuckyRice, the NYC festival that celebrates so many facets of Asian cooking, from a
Night Market in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood tonight to the big gala dinner on Saturday night, La Fête Chinoise, with
Daniel Boulud and
Susur Lee. (Tickets for some events are
still available.) The festival more or less kicked off last night with Opening Cocktails hosted by
Opening Ceremony’s Carol Lim and Humberto Leon at the Bowery Hotel. Among the 1,000-person crowd were chefs like WD-50’s
Wylie Dufresne and
Top Chef star Angelo Sosa, fashion dignitaries like
Phillip Lim. And oh-so-many mixologists.
© kate krader
Adam Schuman Demonstrates the Correct Way to Do a Pickleback Shot.
Me, I didn’t try anywhere near the 34 cocktails on offer, but I can vouch for
Má Pêche’s Ay Hue (a mix of fried shallot vodka, lime juice and Sriracha hot sauce). I can also speak from experience about
Fatty Cue’s self-serve pickleback shots, a creation of bartender Adam Schuman that involves a big bottle of
Evan Williams bourbon. But LuckyRice creator
Danielle Chang has me beat. Not only did she sample all 34 cocktails, she made it to the LuckyRice after-party at
Theatre Bar, where
Dave Chang and
Inaki Aizpitarte of Paris's
Le Chateaubriand were pre-partying for their week of
James Beard pop-up dinners.
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