The Finer Things in Life

frost · 04-18-2010, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by antennahead

Oh no Bro, high end tequila is great, for some an acquired taste, but once you "get it", you'll enjoy comparing various high end small batch stuff. I just finished off a bottle of Don Julio anejo, can't decide if I will buy another bottle, since it's a tried and true favorite, or experiment on something new ..... decisions

Alright, alright, I give. Normally I wouldn't touch the stuff, but you two seem pretty sure of yourselves.

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Originally Posted by SmoothZ

BTW, since we're announcing ourselves as alcoholics I might as well throw in some fine ethnic foods.

Number 1 would be Thai (of course) since I grew up eating it.

Number 2 is Italian. Damn, they make some great seafood dishes. I remember a long weekend in Venice where I thought I was in food heaven. Rome was good because of the diversity, but Venice had better seafood.

In fact, I like most Mediterranean foods like Moroccan, Greek, Lebanese, and Spanish.

I'll go with Italian first, followed by thai. One of the best italian seafood dishes I experienced was in san francisco of all places. I forget the name of the joint, but it was on a pier overlooking the water. Between the girl and I, I think only around $100 including a bottle of wine.

frost · 04-18-2010, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

Spoken like someone who (like me) was raised on Cuervo Gold or worse. Tequila muy fino es una revelación, seňor!

Smoooth as buttah. Try a Don Julio Aňejo or Reposado, the ones I mentioned are pretty steep in case you don't likey.

Nail on the head sir.

370Zsteve · 04-18-2010, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SmoothZ

What part of England?

I can't stand any tequila. With that being said, a friend of mine introduced me to some very expensive tequila that he kept in the freezer. Damn, that stuff was smooooooth and not so bad as I thought it would be.

There ya go.

As for England, the early plan is to rent a car and drive from destination to destination ourselves, starting in Scotland, with the stops being arranged by a company that handles that sort of thing. I do know our final destination will be Wales, so we should cover a lot of ground. The wife is an Anglophile, I'm just along for the single malt

370Zsteve · 04-18-2010, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SmoothZ

BTW, since we're announcing ourselves as alcoholics I might as well throw in some fine ethnic foods.

Number 1 would be Thai (of course) since I grew up eating it.

Number 2 is Italian. Damn, they make some great seafood dishes. I remember a long weekend in Venice where I thought I was in food heaven. Rome was good because of the diversity, but Venice had better seafood.

In fact, I like most Mediterranean foods like Moroccan, Greek, Lebanese, and Spanish.

Most expensive, and best italian meal I ever had was at Harry's Bar in Venice

frost · 04-18-2010, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

Most expensive, and best italian meal I ever had was at Harry's Bar in Venice

How much? The most expensive Italian meal happened to be the worst by the way. Oh the irony.

Xan · 04-18-2010, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by antennahead

I don't drink much rum, I understand there are some premium, high end rums being produced now, that are meant to be taken straight. Do you do any of those in the dark variety?

Appleton Estate (12 year old) is good rum and can be used as a sipping or mixing rum...

Of course you can go much more expensive, I've never tried those...
But in the spirit (phun intented

) of this thread, 1440 bottles made:

antennahead · 04-18-2010, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Xan

Appleton Estate (12 year old) is good rum and can be used as a sipping or mixing rum...

Of course you can go much more expensive, I've never tried those...
But in the spirit (phun intented

) of this thread, 1440 bottles made:

Now that's what I was talking about, meant to be sipped and savored neat, like a good brandy

SmoothZ · 04-18-2010, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ejrives

I vote for peruvian food, minus the guinea pig entrees, lol. There's a place i ate at in Boston and it's by far the best food I've ever eaten in my entire life.

Also, in the north east, mainly NYC , if you can find a muslim Indian restaurant, try it!

I like Indian but not as much as the others I mentioned.

I also tried Afghani food once and I couldn't get enough!

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Originally Posted by frost

I'll go with Italian first, followed by thai. One of the best italian seafood dishes I experienced was in san francisco of all places. I forget the name of the joint, but it was on a pier overlooking the water. Between the girl and I, I think only around $100 including a bottle of wine.

San Fran has a lot of good eateries where you can't go wrong.

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

There ya go.

As for England, the early plan is to rent a car and drive from destination to destination ourselves, starting in Scotland, with the stops being arranged by a company that handles that sort of thing. I do know our final destination will be Wales, so we should cover a lot of ground. The wife is an Anglophile, I'm just along for the single malt

I was in Suffolk County and got to travel around. If I could, I'd move to Cambridge. Now that's a college town.

I don't remember the names of the restaurants in Venice, but the one place I tried I just kinda stumbled around the corner looking for something to eat. I gorged on the food there.

ejrives · 04-18-2010, 08:51 PM

we sound like a bunch of fat drunks , lol

frost · 04-18-2010, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Xan

Appleton Estate (12 year old) is good rum and can be used as a sipping or mixing rum...

Of course you can go much more expensive, I've never tried those...
But in the spirit (phun intented

) of this thread, 1440 bottles made:

Looks delicious, not that appearance is an indicator of anything. I also enjoyed the spirit pun

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Originally Posted by SmoothZ

I also tried Afghani food once and I couldn't get enough!

San Fran has a lot of good eateries where you can't go wrong.

I had afghani food once, I want to say it was lamb with a cream sauce and rice. I found it to be a little bland. What did you have?

Also, I'm very jealous of san fran. The phoenix area really has nothing as far as culture.

frost · 04-18-2010, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ejrives

we sound like a bunch of fat drunks , lol

lol, I posted hand made wallets and straight shavers too!

Xan · 04-18-2010, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by antennahead

Now that's what I was talking about, meant to be sipped and savored neat, like a good brandy

Try the 12 year old version though... it's pretty good rum!

antennahead · 04-18-2010, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SmoothZ

I like Indian but not as much as the others I mentioned.

I also tried Afghani food once and I couldn't get enough!

San Fran has a lot of good eateries where you can't go wrong.

I was in Suffolk County and got to travel around. If I could, I'd move to Cambridge. Now that's a college town.

I don't remember the names of the restaurants in Venice, but the one place I tried I just kinda stumbled around the corner looking for something to eat. I gorged on the food there.

Charleston is loaded with fine dining establishments. It was ranked last year by Conde Nast Traveler as the #2 vacation destination nationally, and something like #4 internationally. As a result of all the tourism, we are loaded with great eateries

antennahead · 04-18-2010, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ejrives

we sound like a bunch of fat drunks , lol

Hey, I work hard at staying in shape ........... so I can eat and drink more without remorse

frost · 04-18-2010, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Xan

Try the 12 year old version though... it's pretty good rum!

"Dark, brooding, mahogany hue with a rich bold, spicy character and rounded, smooth, warm nutmeg and orange flavours."

Drinking neat sounds good, what have you mixed with?

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