The mojito combines two of the best flavors for summer: bright, citrusy lime and cool, refreshing mint. Muddled up with sugar and rum, this cocktail of Cuban origins makes an excellent addition to any summertime happy hour.
City Pork Brasserie & Bar revamps its cocktail menu with four new seasonal drinks every few months, and they’ll be serving up a killer watermelon mojito through the rest of the summer until the start of football season. Made with fresh watermelon, lime juice, mint, simple syrup and Kicking Mule rum, there’s a little trick behind the bar that gives this drink a deeper flavor: marinating.
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The watermelon in the drink is marinated beforehand in a mixture of rum, sugar and mint, which pulls more flavor out of the typically mild watermelon and forces a stronger infusion into the drink. The final product is sweet, strong and satisfying evidence that City Pork is always looking for the best ways to cultivate flavor.
“We usually look at what’s growing in Louisiana, so for summer it’s blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, satsuma,” general manager Stephen Juneau says. “We do as many local ingredients as we can, including local liquors. If there’s a good spirit, we’ll aim for it.”
Other Baton Rouge mojitos to try:
The Rum House: Unsurprisingly, the Caribbean taquiera specializing in rum makes a mean mojito, available in the classic style or infused with strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, coconut and more.
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Stroube’s Seafood & Steaks: This classy restaurant serves up blueberry and coconut varieties to accompany its upscale entrees.
Beausoleil Restaurant & Bar: You might remember Beausoleil’s blueberry mojito alcoholic snowball from a previous edition of 225 Dine.
Umami Japanese Bistro: Wash down that wasabi with Umami’s cool and slightly savory cucumber mojito.