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Malibu surfside news | February 15, 2017 | 25
Ride of the Week
Actor Jonathan Banks to be
guest at Wheels and Waves
The Lady Grey
joins Nobu menu
for limited time
Nobu Malibu
bartender creates
unique cocktail
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Fireball Tim Lawrence
Contributing Columnist
Malibu resident
It’s amazing how things
happen in this town and
how cars bring people
together.
Just the other day, a
friend and I were getting
coffee at a local Bu coffee
joint where we ran into
actor and professional
bad guy, Jonathan Banks
from “Breaking Bad” and
“Better Call Saul.” And not
too prior were we talking
about how villains in
movies are actually really
great people with immense
senses of humor and a
joy to be around. Case in
point are a lot of my stunt
friends, who constantly
get killed in movies as bad
guys. Love ‘em.
Well, here we were talking
with Banks, ultimate
bad guy who’s been offed
so many times in movies
and TV that God is having
a hard time remembering if
he’s passed on or not. And
lo and behold, Johnny and
his son love cars. So, one
ride led to another and he
graciously opted to be our
guest for this up and coming
Wheels and Waves at
the Malibu Country Mart
on Sunday, Feb. 19.
Actor Jonathan Banks from “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” among many other
hits, will be at Wheels and Waves at Malibu Country Mart on Sunday, Feb. 19.
Photo Submitted
Now, if you don’t know
who Johnny Banks is, crawl
out from your rock and
let me give you a skinny
on his massive tour de TV
destruction. I first cast eyes
on Banks’ creepiness in
“Beverly Hills Cop” against
Eddie Murphy. Scary as
hell with an inner passion
for unraveling your psyche.
But his career started way
before ... back in ‘74 (Hey,
I made a rhyme!) Better
still, here’s some highlights.
From “Barnaby Jones”
(which my dad wrote for at
the time) to “The Waltons,”
“Airplane!”, “Lou Grant,”
“T.J. Hooker,” “48 Hrs,”
“Simon & Simon,” “Jessie”
(which was a show
my dad created), “Walker,
Texas Ranger” with my
Uncle Chuck, and a heap
of others. Finally landing
some small insignificant
rolls in two shows you’ve
probably never heard of ...
“Breaking Bad” and “Better
Call Saul.” Whaaaa!!!!!?? A
total so far of 163 projects
and going strong. (Geez
... that coffee really works
brutha!)
So it’s with great honor
(and a little fear) that Mr.
Banks will be joining us for
this weekend’s Wheels and
Waves, barring a maelstrom
of rain. Keep your tiny toes
crossed, ’cause if it does
rain, I’ll be sitting in Starbucks
alone and cold.
If the rain stays away
(and it better or I’ll sick
Banks on Mother Nature),
then Sunday should be an
awesome day for amazing
cars at Malibu Country
Mart.
And one last note to
mention is that Starbucks
has now stepped up to the
plate to cast a latte shadow
over the show as our go-to
java joint for Wheels and
Waves. Not only will they
serve up the joe to the first
100 cars, but one of their
baristas will be baking us a
car cake just for Sunday.
So, if you plan on attending
this weekend’s Wheels
and Waves, (car or no car)
if it rains I’ll be buying
coffee from the inside. If
the sun peeks her head and
doesn’t run for the hills
from our guest, then we’ll
be whoopin’ it up with tons
of four-wheeled contraptions.
See you there!
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The Lady Grey, a cocktail
crafted by Nobu Malibu
bartender Jacklyn Davin,
is available at Nobu
restaurants through
the end of March.
Photo Courtesy of Nobu
Restaurants
Every two months, Nobu
Restaurants shakes things
up with its in-house cocktail
competition.
The competition pits a
rotating selection of bartenders
from the restaurant’s
nine U.S. locations
against one another, and
the winning recipe joins the
menu for two months.
This month and next,
the recipe crafted by Nobu
Malibu lead bartender
Jacklyn Davin won the
bragging rights, and will be
available to Nobu Restaurant
customers across the
U.S.
The Lady Grey starts
with a batch of Ikaati Imperial
Earl Grey Tea, which
Davin said is infused with
Beluga vodka and steeped
overnight. The cocktail is
rounded out with lemon
juice, simple syrup, egg
white, lavender bitters and
an orange spiral zest garnish.
“It’s something different,”
Davin said. “It’s really
balanced, too, and you
don’t really see a lot of
cocktails that have tea or
infusion in California.”
Davin added that it’s the
only infused cocktail currently
on the menu at Nobu
Malibu.
“It has all the notes of a
regular tea,” she said.
Nobu Restaurants Corporate
Beverage Director
Marcus Voglrieder, who is
one of the judges for the
competition, said the contest
is designed to encourage
creativity among the
bartenders.
“Taste is the most important
factor, and then we
have the creativity and then
we have the presentation as
well,” Voglrieder said.
“With her cocktail, it was
just the right balance,” he
said.
This was Davin’s second
time participating in the
competition and also her
second time winning.
Nobu Malibu, located at
22706 PCH, will feature
the The Lady Grey now
through the end of March.