Food Watch: Aruba's Chi Chi Cocktail

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Feeling Aruba’s famous powdery white sands in between your toes is great. But it’s even better with an ice-cold Chi Chi — an Aruban twist on the pina colada that favors vodka instead of rum — in one hand and some hot-and-spicy fresh-caught tuna in the other. Enjoy both at their best on the northeast coast at MooMba Beach Bar & Restaurant, where the calm of peering divi-divi trees meets the energy of calypso music in perfect harmony. 

Make It at Home:

• 1½ oz. vodka

• 3 oz. pineapple juice or crushed pineapple (canned)

• 2 oz. cream of coconut

• ½ oz. grenadine

• ¾-cup crushed ice

• 2 pieces fresh pineapple and maraschino cherry for garnish

Put ingredients, except fresh pineapple pieces, in a blender and blend at medium-high speed for 15 seconds. Pour into a chilled Collins glass or stemmed goblet. Garnish with fresh pineapple stick and maraschino cherry.

Recipe came from VisitAruba.com.