Originally Posted by antennahead (Post 502559)

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 :p

Originally Posted by SmoothZ (Post 502564)

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.

Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 502584)

Spoken like someone who (like me) was raised on Cuervo Gold or worse. Tequila muy fino es una revelación, seňor! :tiphat: Smoooth as buttah. Try a Don Julio Aňejo or Reposado, the ones I mentioned are pretty steep in case you don't likey.

Originally Posted by SmoothZ (Post 502557)

:yum:

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.

Originally Posted by SmoothZ (Post 502564)

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.

Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 502596)

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

Originally Posted by antennahead (Post 502481)

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?

Originally Posted by Xan (Post 502606)

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:

http://www.appletonestate.com/upload...ldREVjan26.jpg

Originally Posted by ejrives (Post 502586)

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.:icon17:
Also, in the north east, mainly NYC , if you can find a muslim Indian restaurant, try it!

Originally Posted by frost (Post 502589)

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.

Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 502595)

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 :icon17:

Originally Posted by Xan (Post 502606)

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:

http://www.appletonestate.com/upload...ldREVjan26.jpg

Originally Posted by SmoothZ (Post 502620)

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


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

Originally Posted by ejrives (Post 502629)

we sound like a bunch of fat drunks , lol

Originally Posted by antennahead (Post 502614)

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

Originally Posted by SmoothZ (Post 502620)

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

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


:tup: 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. :happydance:

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.

Originally Posted by ejrives (Post 502629)

we sound like a bunch of fat drunks , lol

Originally Posted by Xan (Post 502646)

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