I have major qualms with martinis. They're the sort of drink you don't order at a Ho Bar else you end up with a warm tumbler full of bottom-shelf gin that's mysteriously blue. If you order it at a bar where the decor suggests that they'd know how to make a martini, you end up with the same thing except in a martini glass. The only situation in which I've been able to get a proper martini (gin or vodka) is if I paid 20,000 won for it. (
Cafe 74 in Apgujeong makes a beautiful martini). The puzzling part is that gin martinis are moronically simple to make, and it only requires a few key components - good gin, good dry vermouth, a chilled glass and some olives.
