Archives for the 'Spirits' Category
Dining Out Club at Inka Restaurant
| August 5, 2008 | ||
Love eating out? Looking for new places to try and new people to share the experience?
I’m the organizer for Dining Out Club/Houston! We’re a growing bunch of dedicated foodies, all wanting to find exciting places to meet and eat. Once or more each month we go to different restaurants somewhere in (or near) Houston. I’m anxious for you to join in the fun!
- There are no club fees!
- Each attendee pays their own food bill.
- This meeting starts at 7pm and lasts about two hours.
- Some people stay around after the meal to enjoy the venue and the company.
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Interested? Sign up and RSVP for our next meeting. Come every meeting or come when you can!
FYI: We use www.meetup.com as our RSVP/Membership tracking tool. It’s free for you! |
This Meeting
Entrees from $12/person.
Inka is a Nuevo Latino cafe with a casual vibe and some really outstanding cooking. Chef/owner David Sanchez, a Culinary Institute of America grad, describes the fare as “South American-inspired,” but his Nuevo Latino menu aims for excitement over authenticity. Try some ceviche or one of the excellent seafood dishes.
On Westheimer, outside the Beltway and way outside the loop!
Chef David Sanchez (formerly of Artista, Julia’s Bistro, Grotto & Ninfa’s/Antone’s) has now incorporated an American touch to the already tasty cuisine. This sparked the adaptation of spelling to the name INKA. INKA Restaurant’s refreshed take on all Latin Cuisines has proven to be the next evolution of culinary experiences.
Inka South American Cuisine
12225 Westheimer Rd Ste A
Houston TX 77007
(832) 379-1717
www.inkahouston.com
Tales of the Cocktail 2008
My wife and I went last year and had the spirited times of our lives.
This year, I’m going alone (since my wife has other out of town obligations). I’m on the “Founder’s Day Pass” so I’ll be able to attend all the big events.
I’ll be posting regularly on my twitter feed. Follow me at http://twitter.com/jm9900.
Spirited Dinner at the Bourbon House in New Orleans
| July 17, 2008 | ||
Join John Martin at the very special “Spirited Dinner” of “Tales of the Cocktail.”
Executive Chef: Darin Nesbit
Chef: Neil Mockovak
Special bar chef: LeNell Smothers
More information: Bourbon House Spirited Dinner (PDF).
Bourbon House
144 Bourbon Street
New Orleans LA 70130
www.bourbonhouse.com
The Great American Cocktail
Here’s a little ditty I found in Google Books.
Since Dionysius blithe and young inspired old Hellas air
And beat the muses at their game, “with vine leaves in his hair;”
Since Wotan quaffed oblivion to Nieblungen gold,
And Thor beside the icy fjord drank thunder-bolts of old;
Since Omar in the Persian bowl forgot the fires of hell
And wondered what the vintners buy so rare as that they sell —
What potion have the gods bestowed to lift the thoughts afar
Like that seductive cocktail they sell across the bar?
Perhaps it’s made of whiskey and perhaps it ’s made of gin;
Perhaps there’s orange bitters and a lemon peel within;
Perhaps it’s called Martini and perhaps it’s called, again,
The name that spread Manhattan’s fame among the sons of men;
Perhaps you like it garnished with what thinking men avoid —
The little blushing cherry that is made of celluloid;
But be these matters as they may, a cher confrère you are
If you admire the cocktail they pass across the bar.
page 480
Beverages, Past and Present: An Historical Sketch of Their Production
by Edward Randolph Emerson. Published 1908
