Bad Drinks All Around/Where To Get a Good One - Tiki Drinks and Food

H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on Thu, Jun 10, 2004 1:35 AM So, on my impromptu adventure to Las Vegas, I made a beeline to Bellagio to while away my few hours until daylight. I wanted to go Where the Drinks Are Good, and had a vague memory of this thread. I circled the casino floor surveying the bars looking for which one may be a likely candidate to have a good bartender who might serve me a good drink. I thought to myself, "What are the odds? There's probably ONE bartender in this whole casino who can make a proper drink. What are the odds I'll find him?" So, I circle the whole floor, and decide that the little bar between the sportsbook & poker tables looks like my best bet. I sidle up to the bar and order a Cosmopolitan, because even if it got goofed up, it'd be fine. The bartender squeezed fresh lime (something I've NEVER seen done for a Cosmopolitan in a bar), and then at the end, twisted a lemon rind over the drink before draping it over the rim. Beautiful. A little strong for my taste, but well executed. What are the odds? VEGAS ODDS, BABY! VIVA LAS VEGAS! I had it all backwards -- the best bed is the one that's stumbling distance from Tiki-Ti, or the Mai Kai, or the Lagoon Room, or the Alibi, or the Kon Tiki, or... Critiki [ Edited by: Humuhumu on 2004-06-10 02:03 ]

So, on my impromptu adventure to Las Vegas, I made a beeline to Bellagio to while away my few hours until daylight. I wanted to go Where the Drinks Are Good, and had a vague memory of this thread. I circled the casino floor surveying the bars looking for which one may be a likely candidate to have a good bartender who might serve me a good drink. I thought to myself, "What are the odds? There's probably ONE bartender in this whole casino who can make a proper drink. What are the odds I'll find him?"

So, I circle the whole floor, and decide that the little bar between the sportsbook & poker tables looks like my best bet. I sidle up to the bar and order a Cosmopolitan, because even if it got goofed up, it'd be fine. The bartender squeezed fresh lime (something I've NEVER seen done for a Cosmopolitan in a bar), and then at the end, twisted a lemon rind over the drink before draping it over the rim. Beautiful. A little strong for my taste, but well executed.

What are the odds? VEGAS ODDS, BABY! VIVA LAS VEGAS!

I had it all backwards -- the best bed is the one that's stumbling distance from Tiki-Ti, or the Mai Kai, or the Lagoon Room, or the Alibi, or the Kon Tiki, or...
Critiki

[ Edited by: Humuhumu on 2004-06-10 02:03 ]

Post #95620 by Humuhumu on Thu, Jun 10, 2004 1:35 AM