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Post by Raoul Duke on Oct 5, 2005 1:08:58 GMT 7
The body count just keeps getting higher. Here are the lovely CarryAnn and our friend Jill on their first inspection of the cutting-edge tequila labs at El Rancho Raoul.  The preparations for the last party at El Rancho before it became Baby World and generally turned to poo.  The quite lovely and needlessly camera-shy Amewupp finally failing to avoid the camera.  Here, CAN demonstrates why he normally never drinks. Lobster Boy lives!  We're swingin' now!  Con thinks he's livin' his dreams. Amewupp looks impressed. Yup.  A blotto CarryAnn surveys the smoldering wreckage. We finished 3...count 'em, THREE brand-new bottles of tequila this night, my friends...almost all among 4 people. Well, 4 and a half.  |
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Post by con's fly is open on Oct 5, 2005 22:26:58 GMT 7
Sadly, CarryAnn 'n Jill were out of town for the present jamboree. Can't wait to see how many folks we can pack together next time.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Oct 6, 2005 13:27:23 GMT 7
Or how many bottles of tequila per person we can consume.
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Post by melee3 on Mar 10, 2006 8:49:26 GMT 7
Raoul:: OH! I am seeing my old friend Jose C. The Especial! Oh! They actually age that stuff..from the time it is botled till it gets to China.
Is my friend Jose readily available in China?
Melee 3.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Mar 10, 2006 11:00:51 GMT 7
It's all too available. There's another brand- El Camino Real- that's also widely sold and even better.
I've started seeing Padron Silver Label 100% Blue Agave tequila (think of it as "single malt tequila") for sale in a lot of bars, but I can't bring myself to pay 60 RMB or more for a shot of tequila.
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Post by Jollyjunklass on Mar 12, 2006 16:30:08 GMT 7
I want to know when I get my invite to Suzhou, I need to get myself partying with some western blood for a change. I just noticed this great new icon  . Good stuff! |
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Post by Dragonsaver on Mar 12, 2006 16:33:52 GMT 7
I want to know when I get my invite to Suzhou, I need to get myself partying with some western blood for a change. I just noticed this great new icon  . Good stuff! You are invited because you are here and you are one of us therefore you are invited because you are here because .........  |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Mar 12, 2006 18:15:19 GMT 7
That pretty much sums it up. Plus there's allegedly a party in May...
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Post by Jollyjunklass on Mar 12, 2006 18:23:32 GMT 7
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Post by Raoul Duke on Mar 12, 2006 18:32:25 GMT 7
Yessss, precious, we have a standing policy of welcoming women in to drink tequila. Yessss.....
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Post by con's fly is open on Mar 12, 2006 22:38:40 GMT 7
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Post by gretch on Mar 31, 2006 19:24:52 GMT 7
Plus there's allegedly a party in May... Hey now, your not cancelling on us now are you...what the hell, I'll just show up anyway and wander the streets ;D |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Apr 1, 2006 14:58:34 GMT 7
Not cancelling!
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Post by acjade on Apr 2, 2006 19:43:20 GMT 7
I have to ask. What's  in the silver tin next to the chopping board in the photo of the goodies on the table? |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Apr 3, 2006 2:48:03 GMT 7
It's a rather odd but also kinda cool sealable ashtray.
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Post by Loops on Apr 11, 2006 11:06:53 GMT 7
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Post by Mr Nobody on Apr 13, 2006 17:08:41 GMT 7
All manner of western spirits are available in China, just sometimes not the best brand. Plus, they have plenty of local stuff that will knock your socks off, and actually may be made from old socks. But come to think of it, if tequila hurts, maybe avoid baijiu. Maybe avoid it anyway, if you actually have taste buds.
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Post by acjade on Apr 13, 2006 17:42:58 GMT 7
Do Not under any circumstances imbibe even a waft of Bai jiu.
It smells like something you would use to do an autopsy on a flyblown corpse. The percentage of alcohol is high and not suited to western drinking palettes and though the beer is not as good as Tasmanian Cascade it's quite thirst satisfying.
The thing I missed the most when I first arrived was a good drop of tea. Especially with toast and vegemite.
In my previous liFe I was a woman of simple tastes. Now I drink milk which is flavoured with anything from a hermit's underarm hair to squashed aloe vera.
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Post by woza17 on Apr 13, 2006 18:52:01 GMT 7
What is the white stuff next to the lemons. Salt or nose candy. What is tequila made from anyway?
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Post by George61 on Apr 13, 2006 18:54:28 GMT 7
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Post by Loops on Apr 18, 2006 11:17:28 GMT 7
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Post by Raoul Duke on Apr 18, 2006 12:22:50 GMT 7
Woza, it's salt. If that were nose candy that party would probably still be going.  Gerge: Tequila, ya ignorant Hogan, is made from the juice of the Blue Agave, a desert succulent. Nae a cactus. Loops' advice, and the itequila site, are both excellent. |
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Post by George61 on Apr 18, 2006 12:42:29 GMT 7
I knew all that. I was just testing youse.  |
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Post by Loops on Apr 18, 2006 15:16:40 GMT 7
Thanks Boss!  hah!!  |
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Post by Lotus Eater on Apr 19, 2006 7:12:09 GMT 7
The problem is that to survive here you do need to be able to drink baijiu. It is de rigeur at business dinners, weddings, traditional thingys - all sorts of places. Gives you face - which we know is important. Women can get away without drinking it - but it puts us ever so slightly in a lesser position (which NO-ONE will ever admit to you! Not good if you want to really go into business. In the west women had to conquer the golf course to succeed, here it is drinking baijiu.)
Until you become accustomed, the best method to manage the rocket fuel knockoff is actually the single open throat swallow. After a few of these you are able to drink in sips and the taste sort of grows on you. Really expensive baijiu isn't all that bad. The 3-6Y stuff leaves a little (OK - a hell of a lot) to be desired.
The real trick is not to get inebriated - so it needs practice to pretend to drink and not substantially lower the amount of fluid in the glass. Easier to do after the ganbeis.
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