motherfucker! i was well for about five days before i regressed to my previous state of frenzied coughing.
worse, the night we tried to get into nopa, those bitches were closed for their 3rd anniversary!
nopalito was still open and was pretty killa-dilla. nothing chases away cocktail blues like braised pork.
the folks took on babysitting [...]
…to the list of things that the chinese completely fuck up with purposeful abandon:
desserts
the olympics
pop music
baby formula and pet food
toys
human rights
child rearing
utensils
and now…
alcohol!
According to Chinese media, baijiu is the best-selling liquor in the world, and Maotai is the most famous brand of baiju–and one of the few available in the United States.
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Maotai is distilled [...]
(inspired by the alinea cookbook)
2 oz gin
1 oz lemon
1 oz orange orgeat
3 medium-sized basil leaves
2 drops peychaud bitters
gently muddle leaves. combine remaining ingredients with lots of ice, shake, strain.
this is a pretty good drink. i used bombay sapphire for the gin. once again, it would have been better with hendricks, or half [...]
pisco sour. a good drink. very clean, crisp, well-balanced. that’s all i had, it was enough to cause me to stare off into space aimlessly. the bitters were house-made, my suckful aimless self didn’t inquire after them.
camino was mostly empty, which is a big change from a couple months ago. [...]
1 oz pineapple-vodka bounce
1 oz dark rum
1 oz lime
1 oz falernum
not bad, but it had a taste-illusion (what is that word?) of salt.
it’s prettay fuckin sweet to be back on planet cocktail.
2 oz pineapple-vodka bounce (basically an infusion, but i like the term ‘bounce’)
1 oz lemon
1 oz saffron syrup (3 long threads in 1/2 cup hot water + 1/2 cup sugar)
blackpepper-sugar rim
a nice, clean, simple drink. frothy (from the pineapple?) and a beautiful golden color. [...]
