Frontera renovated & relaunched as Frontera Sol of Mexico
Hanger party @ Luna
Launch of Overtime's 2nd outlet in Sunway Giza last week
Drinkin in an elevator..
Funky Villa officially launched
With Sue Lynn @ BeerBeer's anniversary party
Cider mayhem. Still prefer my own brand: Bad Apples. Haha
Beer bonging
Sleazin @ Absolut Rock launch, Blackbox. Interesting party. But the bar ran out of bartenders & mixers
Cruzin in my ride downing cider headed downtown
Went to KKB. Caught a rainbow from d hammock
And a sunset
A poster in d loo at The Curve. The caption - "When u decide to drink & drive." Hmmm. Is dat a poster against drink-driving or FOR? Looks fun. I bet i could make it
Brain damage: 7.5/10. But damage to belly coz of too much beering: 9/10
World Cup 2010 South Africa is here – one month of consistent happy hours and late-nights.
There goes gym.
Bars will be the main financial beneficiaries of d tournament. Its a great windfall for them. Competition is stiff. Good.
Btw, the offical World Cup tune n video below. Called Waving Flags. Performed by K’naan, some African dude. Enjoy.
Anyway, some real sweet deals for drinkers goin on, especially at the newer establishments. Mostly for beers of course. Thank God for competition. (Note: All prices i post is always the nett price.)
Many outlets have been given exemption by city hall for one month to open till 5am. Kitchens are also open late for snacks n shit.
Probably the best u’ll ever get is at Movida (Sunway Giza, Kota D’sara, PJ). They got one-for-one deals from NOON till 10pm! And then again from 2am to 5am. Daily.
Here it is –
Drink dat, u alcos!
Paulaner & Kilkenny at $36.80 nett for two pints ($18.40 each) is pretty good. And $33.35 for two Guinnesses ($16.70 each). I doubt it can be matched at the moment. Its got a super-sized screen inside. All HD of course. Will most def checkitout.
Close by, The Beer Factory (6141-6450) (which will be featured soon) has a big-ass screen n beer deals too –
Yum
Erdinger, Stella, Hoegaarden, Franziskaner at $46 for two pints, until midnight. Definitely whoops The Library’s fat ass. ($36 for a Hoegaarden is insane.) Carlsberg is $34.50/pitcher at the Factory.
Over in TTDI, there’s good action too.
At PUBLIC (7729-9650) in TTDI Plaza, u can get a 2-liter special hand-blown Winner’s Trophy glass from Germany filled with Tiger for $180. Or a limited edition pint glass (5 designs) with Tiger for $25 net. Am sure there’re other deals too.
Deutsches Gasthaus on Lrg Rahim Kajai 14 has $25 nett for a pint of Hoegaarden, Franziskaner, Stella of Leffe. All nite. No fat screens as far as i know.
At Sid’s, its $19.55 for a pint of Guinness all nite. Also for Tiger. Its $10 nett i think. From noon. Full HD.
S’Mores at The Sphere in Bangsar South has a variety of bottled beers and get this – TWO pints of Guinness for 20 bucks net, from 5pm-7pm daily! The most awesomest. Other times, its $50 net for three pints. Also, for bottles – $50 for 3 Hoegaarden, and $75 for any three of these – Erdinger, Ludwig, Franziskaner, Erdinger or Weihenstephan. I dont think there’s a large screen tho.
Frontera (7958-8515) @ Jaya One has a variety of deals.
Fridays (5pm-8pm):
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Tiger Crystal Beer @ $1 nett per btl (1st btl at $28)
For the World Cup (All day & nite):
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2 Jugs of Tiger Beer + Habanero Hot Wings @ $91
1 Bucket of Sol Beer + fre 2 Shots of Sauza Tequila @$79
During all MEXICO games:
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Buy 1 btl Sol Beer & get 1 btl Sol Beer free (During non-Mexico games: Buy 1 btl Sol Beer & get 1 Shot of Sauza Tequila free)
Score prediction game:
Get 1 Score Prediction Card for each $50 spend. Predict the right score & win a Jug of Margarita (One winner per game).
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Bubbles has 3 pitchers of Tiger for $90 net. Guinness & Kilkenny is $18 for a pint and $50 for 3. Paulaner is $23 net.
Still, overall, Movida is recommended, coming out tops by far in terms of variety and hours.
Lower prices are always welcomed, coz thats higher consumption. Am sure there’re other promos dat am gonna come across – will update in d comments section.
Feel free to add-on any good promos, until July 11. Appreciate the feedback if u go to any of the above joints.
Absinthe paired with a multi-course dinner?? Gosh. I’ve been to countless wine dinners, but an absinthe dinner is unheard of. In fact, it was supposedly the first in Asia!
Obviously i didnt dodge it. Mainly coz Alan Moss was in town to host the dinner. Alan is the distributor of La Clandestine and Angelique, good stuff dat was launched last year.
It was titled “A Decadent Affair”.
La Clandestine is distilled using a 1935 recipe, in Couvet, Val-de-Travers, Switzerland. Using botanicals from the region, La Clandestine is distinctively hand-crafted in the birthplace of absinthe, meaning its not mass, machinery-produced like other absinthes. In fact the owner himself still makes it in his basement!
Moonshiner.
Double trouble
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We began the evening at Vanity Mansion with a sweet, easy-drinkin cocktail – Petale, with peach syrup as its main mixer.
Pre-starter
Knocked quite a few of this before we sat at the tables for the five-course dinner. A greenish cocktail called Le Perroquet (Green Parrot) greeted us. Its Angelique, green mint syrup + water. Back in da day in Paris, the codeword for havin absinthe was “to strangle a parrot.”
Huh?
Eager diners
The Clandestine Caipirinha accompanied the excellent starter of ravioli. Its like a caipirinha, but with absinthe instead of cachaca. A well-received drink. Clandestine + lime + sugar.
Cheese-stuffed ravioli
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D line-up
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Alan addressing the diners
Next came Hemmingway’s fave, Death in the Afternoon, a cocktail dat combines champagne with absinthe. Not d easiest drink to swallow, but gets u there. Smoked salmon suits the drink well.
Smoky
Gettin crowded at the 4th course
Soon it was time for the Classic Serve. Cold water slow-dripped into absinthe over a cube of sugar. This is probably d best way to truly appreciate absinthe. It produces a nice louche as the water releases the herbal oils from the absinthe.
Water tower in dahaus
Originally the chef proposed rabbit stew with the Classic Serve, but due to fear that some pussies wont eat rabbit “coz they’re cute”, we had chicken.
Tastes like chicken
The highlight for me was the dessert, deceivingly called the Tiramisu Shooter. It’s a tray of three shot glasses, to be downed left to right.
Yum
Glass 1 – Strawberry swimming in white chocolate; Glass 2 – absinthe + Baileys + caramel; Glass 3 – dark chocolate goo.
It was an awesome combination n d perfect end. I asked for another tray but they were out. Dam.
Young chef Amin did a great job comin up with d pairing menu. I never dreamt of havin absinthe cocktails over dinner, but this experiment proved dat its very possible and in fact quite successful! The absinthe did not overpower the meal, as obviously u dont take it neat. With a combination of drnking styles, absinthe can be pretty versatile.
O yea, there was one last finale – the aged absinthe. Alan has aged some absinthe in barrels back in the HQ for a few years (only 1,000 bottles for d world), and he brought some. It looked like cognac! Taste-wise, its less intense and herbal that usual, and smooth, but maintaining most of its alcohol. Alan’s wife doesnt drink absinthe, but she loves this one.
The night's surprise
Very interesting. Alan is experimenting and plans to age it longer.
Bravo chef! Good job. In d foreground are the herbal ingredients dat go into absinthe, which Alan brought from Switzerland
With Alan
Petite wormwood??? Looks more like Grade A Skunk to me
I’m all for variety in drinks, but this might be pushing it. There’s been flavours marketed like bubble-gum, tea and grass (not weed, tho an acquintance is workin on dat, the criminal).
Drink your meat. No need for lok-lok after boozing anymore
Talk about double-haram.
Mmmmmm…… baaacoonn. I luuv bacon man, wat it being a hangover cure n all. Its da shit. But aint sure bout gettin drunk on bacon. And dont know how many bacony beverages i could down.
We’ll need to create a new phrase to replace pissed drunk: pigged drunk.
Mabuk babi?
I’d rather keep my meat on d plate and outta my fuckin glass. But then again, it could be soo dam good dat i’d OD, n die.
Bakon vodka is by Black Rock Spirits, Washington. There’s an FB group too. More than 6,000 meat-hungry fans. Its only available in US at d mo. Supposedly it makes a good bloody mary.
I bet d bacon will taste fucked once u eat it
But its dead easy to make yourself. There are DIY tips online. If u do, pls lemme try.
