Monday, January 19, 2009

Margaritas in Thailand

After a long hiatus, I've been able to escape and make my way back to reality, oops there goes gravity....  Can you imagine the shock when I was searching the web for interesting spots to enjoy a fresh fruit margarita and found this?  Apparently  Holiday-Rentals.co.uk is a really cool place to find homes in Thailand to rent for short periods of time.  I clicked through a few and found one just outside of Bangkok, which seems to be home of the only Margarita Bar in Thailand


I immediately clicked on the site and before I knew it, I was on my way to a fantastic adventure.  My trip started in Bangkok where I took advantage of a wonderful 3 bedroom house.  I took advantage of some traditional cooking classes and ............  BOOORING!!  Where's the margaritas, you ask???

Ok, here's the scoop.  I met up with this 6 1/2 foot dutch guy and his wife.  We quickly bonded and I explained my dilemma.  He nodded in complete understanding, and voila! his wife pulled out a bottle of don julio!  HEAVEN!  We scrapped up some citrus thingie called yuzu, some crazy fruit and a muddler.  He had no sugar or agave, so we used honey!  Man that was good.

The next morning we set out to a small village where we heard that we could ride elephants!  Of course, we put together a flask or 3 of our margarita concoctions.  I wish someone though would have told me about local law.  I had no idea that it was illegal to drink and ride elephants.  And, so I landed in jail!  Phuket to be exact.  I just got out last week.

And, anthony bordain I am not....  My butt is staying put for the next few years!  (especially since its a condition of parole!)  GOOD NIGHT

Saturday, November 29, 2008

ooh pretty

Oh Crap! Completely forgot about Thanksgiving!

Read this blog and then come back to me....

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Ok, done yet?
Goodness.  I have to admit I used to make a killer cranberry salsa.  Ok, crash course - cranberries, jalapenos (or serranos), fresh lime juice, chopped shallots and ......  tequila!


Face forward to today, er two days ago.
Cranberry Margaritas (my way)
4oz FRESH cranberries, not frozen, ground or otherwise
1/2 of a tangerine or an entire clementine
1 jalapeno pepper
1 1/2 oz of agave nectar
1oz grand marnier (or cointreau noir)
2oz of tequila - lets go with platinum on this one, ok?

30 second prep:
muddle the clementine, jalapeno and cranberries
add nectar, tequila, the orange liqueur and 5oz of ice
shake like the dickens
and strain into a martini glass that's been 1/2 rimmed with sugar