Posted June 2008
Yellow Bird
Cool down on a hot summer day with a refreshing cocktail. The Yellow Bird is the perfect summer cocktail and has been a featured drink of the day at Couples Resorts.
Yellow Bird:
1 oz. Lime Juice
2 oz. Clear Syrup
4 oz. Orange Juice
4 oz. Tia Maria
4 oz. Light Rum
2 oz. Crème de Banana
Serves 2
Pour lime juice into a shaker with ice, add all remaining ingredients and shake well. Pour into a glass and if you’d like, garnish with a cherry.
Enjoy!
Posted May 2008
Jamaica Flag
Serves 2
2 oz. Crème de Menthe, green
1 oz. Liqueur, Banana
1 oz. Rum, overproof/151 proof
2 oz. Grenadine
Mixing Instructions
Pour half of the grenadine into the bottom of each glass, then the Crème de Menthe in the middle, and 151 plus Crème de Banana on top, so it makes the red, green, and yellow of the Jamaican flag.
Posted April 2008
Warm Up a Chilly Night
On a chilly night, warm up with this soup recipe from Chefs at Couples Resorts.
Smoked Tomato Soup (Serves 4)
Ingredients:
5 vine ripened beefsteak tomatoes (peeled and chopped)
2 oz tomato paste
1 chopped onion
2 cloves garlic
2 oz scallion
1 sprig thyme
1 Jerk sausage, or sausage of your choice
1 oz white wine
2 oz olive oil
5 oz chicken broth or vegetable broth
Basil and black beans for garnish
Method:
Combine olive oil and all ingredients except the tomato and liquid in a pot and cook for approximately 6 minutes over moderate heat. Add white wine and chopped tomatoes. Slowly add broth and simmer for 8-10 minutes.
Blend mixture in food processor until smooth. Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve soup hot and garnished with a couple of black beans and leaves of fresh basil.
Posted March 2008
A Frozen Concoction For Two
The Hummingbird
A Jamaican favorite, the Hummingbird is a great way to cap off a long week or wile away a lazy Saturday afternoon together. Cool, smooth and romantic. Even if you’re not.
INGREDIENTS:
• 2 oz coffee liqueur
• 1 oz strawberry syrup
• 3 oz rum cream
• 4 oz milk
• 1 banana
• Crushed ice
*Serves 2
DIRECTIONS:
Mix all of the ingredients in a blender until smooth. Add a cocktail umbrella or skewered fruit for a Caribbean touch. Goes great with a little reggae.
Posted March 2008
Jamaican Jerk Chicken
Spice up your romance by surprising your sweetheart with a traditional Jamaican dish. No experience necessary. Pair it up with a candlelit dinner, wine (chicken goes great with white wine), rice, gungo (pigeon) beans, and salad.
Preparation time: 15 min Cooking time: 45 min
INGREDIENTS
• 1 lime, halved
• 1-1/3 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 medium chicken, halved or quartered (skin on)
• 2 tbsp pre-made bottled jerk seasoning*
*made of allspice, dried thyme, ginger powder, cinnamon, dried scallion, pepper, dried chili powder
DIRECTIONS
• Wash chicken with lime and water, and drain.
• Combine jerk seasoning and oil then rub into chicken. Our chefs at Couples suggest marinating for at least 2 hours or overnight for best results.
• Keep covered and grill or bake in oven at 375° for about 45 minutes.
About The
Chief Romance Officer
Randy Russell
AKA Randymon
There is a line in a John Mayer song that resonates with me and guides me in my efforts to embrace love and romance both personally and professionally. “I believe that my life’s going to see the love I give returned to me”.
I am not perfect nor am I an expert in love and romance however, since joining Couples Resorts in 2001, my passion for creating emotional connections between our guests, staff and our company cannot be denied. One of the most vivid testaments to this passion involves reading guests’ love letters over the phone and in person. Hundreds of Couples Resorts’ guests (past, present and future) regularly to submit letters along with dates and times to call their significant others. Typically, my call catches the person on the other end of the line completely off guard. Sometimes they are suspicious and ask something like “OK Joe, is that you?”, but mostly they are shocked and silenced as they listen to the love I am relaying from their significant other. The calls usually and end in tears of joy - often on both ends of the phone. I have called a Board Room to read a love letter over a speakerphone and a Nurses Station at a hospital, Rehearsal Dinners, and the Groom just before walking down the aisle. Newlyweds en route to the airport for their flight to Jamaica and to our resort rooms, including one to a wake up the Groom-to-be. I get such joy from these calls. My life is already seeing the love I give returned to me.
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