Since I’ve returned to Wellington after living overseas for five years, I have rediscovered the joy that is amazing cocktails. I never lived anywhere overseas where I could easily get yummy cocktails mixed by amazing bartenders. When I lived in Texas I pretty much only drunk frozen daiquiris and vodka cherry sours. When I lived in the UK I didn’t really drink at all because Manchester is a scary place to be out drinking at night, although I did discover some delicious Malaysian bottled drink the name of which I forget but the drink was pink and that rhymes, yes, I think.
So, now I am back in Wellington and there is an overabundance of good cocktails bars that I can wear sneakers and jeans to and where I know I will bump into someone I know almost every time I go there. This is heavily influenced by my friend Adam who is a barman (although I think they call themselves something wanky like cocktail mixerers, who knows) at a place called Chow. Adam is also the sort of person who knows every other bartender at every other bar in town that is worth going to. Now that we’ve been spending time going out together I have somehow become “in” by association. This means random free drinks from friendly cocktail mixerers and Adam’s partners in crime. This is good, especially seeing how apparently my liver is evil and must be destroyed.
Things that destroy my liver in a deliciously delicate way:
- The Rosebud
- 1800 tequila shots with sugar and lime
- Moscow Mules
- 42Below Feijoa vodka shots with sugared limes
- The Falling Water with lime instead of cucumber
- The Cosmopolitan
- Other alcoholic drinks too
The above are also the reasons I haven’t been updating my website. Why write for the web when I could be sedating myself into oblivion. I mean, seriously!
All your livers are belong to us!
But keep an eye on the Tom Waits consumption, it serves as a useful indicator.
You are making me homesick!!
I miss the umeshu cocktails at Goodluck – with a black doris plum in each one…
Almost anything at Mercury Lounge … esp their Brazilian Mule – they know what they are doing.
Manuka honey vodka and gingerale cocktails (can’t remember name) at Havana.
Is Motel still around??
It is, but it’s different. The old part of motel is now a quite nice Asian restaurant called Chow, motel is out the back and is slightly different. They also have another place that is joined on called Cabaret where they have live music. I thought I hated it but I still quite like it, but I think I like the new Matterhorn better.