Cognac and Katips

Hennesy cognac after a nice meal at The Manor, Baguio last July 25. It was nice because it warmed me up. And it was sweet.

When I came back, my friend wanted to meet with me and we ended up at Katips behind the busy Tomas Morato. There is ample parking here and closes quite late.

I think it's on Scout Fernandez.

Bollywood Night

Before going to dinner with friends at Bollywood, Greenbelt, last Friday night, dropped at Powerbooks and ended up buying a book on cocktails. I can't wait to try the recipes out. (As I have not taken a photo of the cover, I cannot post it here).

Bollywood is a swanky Indian place (you can tell, right?) where food is good, with belly-dancing on flat screens and live Indian music. Find Bollywood Bistro and Bar at the 3/F Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center.

Kuching's Rice Wine

At the Bidayuh (land dayak) long house, you are greeted with rice wine. Our guide, Cornelia Dien told us that the right (and polite) way of saying you don't or won't drink it is to touch the glass and just say "Thank you."

Went to Kuching, Malaysia for the Sarawak Rainforest World Music Festival. The wet and muddy opening night had people (like moi) stuck in the Tourism Malaysia booth have a sake festival of our own (to keep us warm while we watch from the huge projector screen). The next day we went to the Semenggoh Wildlife Center to see orangutans and then to Annah Rais Bidayuh (Bidayuh is the second largest ethnic group in Sarawak)Longhouse. Rice wine, locally called tuak, greeted us.

Good morning, sake's kin!

Absolut Vodka, absolute cure?

This bottle of Absolut Vodka Strawberry was a wedding favor. From Joanna and Edwin's lovely wedding last December.

So I have been sick for a few days now. And at this point, I am suffering from nasal congestion. Breathing through the right nostril only. I suggested to my mom that maybe, I should drink gin. She suggested that I should take vodka instead. And so, even if it doesn't have a label that say "break in case of emergency," I'm glad that it contains real vodka.

Yeah. This is one of the coolest wedding favors ever :)