stardust (bar lunette)

2 oz Bacardi White Rum infused with Butterfly Pea Blossoms (*)
1 oz Marie Brizard Parfait Amour
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Lime Juice (*)

Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, and garnish with edible glitter (*).
(*) See the Green Street and Eastern Standard recipes below for something closer to the original. For a second drink, I asked bartender Corey Campbell at Bar Lunette in Coolidge Corner for their version of the Stardust that has ties to the Paris Creperie next door. The late, great Brother Cleve created the Stardust at the B-Side in Cambridge over 25 years ago, and later he consulted with the Paris Creperie right before the Pandemic in 2019 to start up their cocktail program in the now closed Seaport location. While the original is white rum, parfait amour liqueur, and lemon, Bar Lunette gussied this one up a bit, and it is very possible that Cleve crafted this version 2.0 at the Seaport Paris Creperie. Here is the recipe from both the Green Street A to Z recipe book and Eastern Standard bar bible:

Stardust
• 1 1⁄2 oz White Rum (Green Street called for Cruzan 2 Year Light Rum)
• 3⁄4 oz Parfait Amour
• 3⁄4 oz Lemon Juice
Shake, strain into a Martini glass, and garnish with an orange wedge.

Blogger and professional food critic MC Slim JB wrote, "[The Stardust]: a drink which Boston hospitality legend Brother Cleve created for the opening specialty cocktail menu of the late, lamented B-Side Lounge in Cambridge, MA. (Cleve in turn describes his cocktail as a variation on Don the Beachcomber's Royal Daiquiri, a Tiki drink of early 1940s vintage.)" The Royal Daiquiri is a lime-driven drink whereas the original Stardust is a lemon one, so the Bar Lunette one splits the difference (besides adding in additional color from the butterfly pea blossoms and changing the garnish from something simple to something fabulous. In the glass, this newer rendition of the Starlite offered up lemon, floral, and vanilla aromas. Next, lemon and lime notes on the sip twinkled into rum, grapefruit, and bubblegum vanilla notes on the swallow. It is also worth mentioning that Trina's Starlite Lounge (name perhaps unrelated) pays tribute to Cleve's creation by doing a French 75-esque version with the addition of sparkling wine.