Even though I used pure, unsweetened cranberry juice in a bid to counter the Krupnik and the lychee liqueur it was still way too sweet.
I'll stick to the Diffords original thank you.
Roy Movrich
Since I prefer my drinks on the tart side, I tried this both ways - omitting the sugar syrup and omitting the Grenadine. I liked the Grenadine only version.
Its pronounced "fight"?
In the Malay language, which I speak, "pahit" means bitter; although the cocktail itself was anything but.
It was beautifully balanced.
Where I come from, the oranges are hit-and-miss - you get very sweet oranges and horrendously sour ones, often in the same batch!. So I use San Pellegrino Limonata if I have sweet oranges and Sprite if the oranges are the mouth-puckering type. Works every time.
I felt the Campari was fighting with and drowning out the gin and the Lillet Blanc. Dialled it back and upped the pomegranate juice. Did the balance trick.
Being from the country where this is from, and having had it in the Raffles Bar itself - my first alcoholic drink after being allowed to drink legally, this was in 1986 - I can honestly say this formula is the closest to my memory of the drink.