With more restaurants and bars opening their doors again to the public, the “drunkard” in me is once again slowly rearing up its head. 🤭 I’m a responsible drinker so you need not worry. I’m not a lightweight either, body and booze (pun intended), so bring it on! 🤣🤪
I’ve been exposed to this kind of lifestyle and “vice” pretty early as my parents have worked in a famous Philippine beer manufacturing company for years up until their retirement. I, myself, have worked in the same beer manufacturing company as my parents for 2 years. I also came from a family of drinkers, whether light or hard alcoholic beverages. My parents trust me enough to handle my booze and so far I haven’t been that drunk — the type where you don’t remember anything after a night of drinking. 🤪 Responsible drinker, alright! Here are my type of poisons and where I usually get them in the metro:
Beer
I like my beer, super cold or below zero, so that I can’t taste the bitterness and it’ll just slide through my throat smoothly. In my yuppies years, I’d usually go for Red Horse and then later on, I opted for San Miguel Super Dry. As flavored beer was introduced, I’d go for the Lemon flavored one as it’s not too sweet and it wouldn’t make me think that I’m drinking a cough syrup. 🤣
Aside from San Miguel beers, I like Sapporo Beer too. I find Heineken beer a bit bland, so I usually don’t get this. I’d rather go for the Tiger beer though is there’s no other options available.
Beer is common here and we have a manufacturing plant too so you can get it almost everywhere — groceries, convenience stores, 7eleven, gasoline stations, etc.
Mojito
According to wikipedia, Mojito is a cocktail often consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water, and mint. It has hints of sweetness, sourness, and minty flavors. So far, I like Friday’s version of it, especially that they have a bottomless one! It has the right balance of sweetness, citrus, sourness tones and the kick of rum. The price is just right at about Php 400 for bottomless.
Other recommended places with good mojitos for me are — Red Lizard and Maya.
Sangria
It’s a red wine with a blend of natural citrus fruit flavors. It has bits of apple, orange, lemon, some put pears as well. I like the Bar Pintxos version of Sangria. It is flavorful and a bit bigger in serving compared to other restos. It’s not too sweet too and you can still feel and taste the red wine. 👌
While you’re at it, pair this with their Gambas al Ajillo, served with bread. Very yummy! Or their Paella Mixta.
Amaretto Sour
Another cocktail which is made of Amaretto liqueur, lemon juice, egg yolk (for the foam), and simple syrup, garnished with dried orange slice.
So far I love Cur8’s Amaretto Sour. Next is Pukot Kitchen’s, Fiddler’s, and 1521. All other versions from different restos are so-so, something that I wouldn’t want to get when I do visit them. If you’re curious which restos, email me! 🤫
Negroni
Bar Pintxos also has a good Negroni. Cur8 and 1521’s versions are a tad bit too strong.
Negroni is a cocktail composed of gin, vermouth, and campari garnished with orange peel.
Korean Alcoholic Beverages
For soju, I like Jinros’ fresh chamisul, white grape, and grapefruit flavors the best. It goes perfectly with ramyeon and Korean fried chicken. ❤️ This has become a staple for me whenever I eat ramyeon or samgyupsal or Korean chicken, it balances the spiciness and the “vetsin” taste!
Another discovery is their Bokbunja (Black Raspberry Wine), picture on the right. While watching a Korean Variety show (Youn’s Stay) in the past, they offered this to their guests and I was curious if we have it here in Cebu and what it tastes like. I like raspberries and cranberries, so all the more that it made me want to try this wine out. I was finally able to get this in some Korean grocery stores. A bottle costs about Php 400. The taste is like red wine but sweeter and has a more cleaner taste.
Lastly, this was just introduced in the market pretty recently, Jack Daniels with Coke. It comes in bottles and cans. I’m so happy when this came out. I don’t usually go with whiskey as I just find it too strong, but with coke added, I’m able to drink it. This, readily available in the market, is just love! I wouldn’t have to mix anymore! 🥰
If I drink once or twice a week, does that make me a drunkard? Or perhaps an alcoholic? I’ve asked a friend once about this as I got a little bit alarmed of my drinking habits. Then she said that it’s ok, first step is knowing and if you don’t want to continue with such habit you can always stop. So then my realization is…..I’ll stop asking questions! 😂 Kidding!
Hope you’ve enjoyed my list. And when time permits, you go check those out and let me know what you think.
SingleBakedMiss by KiaraC 