Archive for September, 2009

Travel ahoy!

All flights for my November/December trip are finally locked and loaded. It goes something like..:

MEL-SYD-LAX//ONT-DFW-MIA-MEX-HAV-CUN-MEX-LHR-AMS-LCY-ZRH-LHR-MXP-LHR-AMS-LHR-MEX-MIA-DFW-ONT//LAX-SFO-SEA-SFO-LAX-SYD-MEL

I also really wanted to head to northern England and across to Ireland, but it wasn’t to be. Something for the next trip! :D

- zac.

2009
09/30
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Wedding drinks

Was just over in Perth playing bartender at a wedding party – the hosts provided serious amounts of booze for me to cocktail it up with. I had every intention of following recipes, but that never lasts. Two new drinks – no names for them, not incredibly original flavour combinations but both proved really popular:

  • 60 ml. reposado tequila (I was using Cuervo, 1800 would be better)
  • 20-30 ml. Frangelico
  • Dash of sugar syrup
  • Half a lime
  • Soda water
  • Crushed ice

Muddle the tequila, Frangelico, sugar syrup and lime in a rocks glass. The idea is to balance the bite of the tequila and the zest of the lime against the sweetness of the Frangelico and sugar syrup – too much sugar syrup will wreck the drink, so don’t overdo it.

Top with crushed ice, add soda water to taste, stir and decorate with something floral if so inclined.

  • 60 ml. vodka
  • 20-30 ml. Cointreau
  • Mango/passionfruit syrup (supermarket job, handmade would be nicer of course)
  • Soda water

Coat the inside of a highball glass with syrup, top with crushed ice. Build vodka, cointreau and soda water. More for the sweet tooths – I like it with a little more vodka and a little less Cointreau. Might also be nice with a little grenadine syrup if you want something more colourful.

- zac.

2009
09/28
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Ancient history

The final bit of my original computer system that I bought in 1998 finally gave up the ghost yesterday – my Altec Lansing ACS54 4.1 surround (!) speaker system.

The right channel in the amp stopped working properly a little while ago, but I couldn’t bring myself to part with it. When it stopped working altogether, it really had to go. I’m actually a bit amazed it lasted as long as it did!

I’ve replaced it with a set of Logitech X-210 speakers. Cheaper, more likely to break sooner – but it’s awesome being able to listen to music properly again. Vive la technology!

- zac.

2009
09/14
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Guava Mojito

A tasty tasty recipe:

  • 3 – 4 sprigs of mint
  • 1/2 – 2/3′s of 1 lime, cut in to wedges
  • 1 tblsp. caster sugar
  • 40-50 mls. guava nectar
  • 80-90 mls. white rum (Havana Club is best)
  • crushed ice

Muddle most of the mint and all of the lime, caster sugar and guava nectar in a highball glass – take care not to pulverise the mint completely (floaty bits of mint in the drink = not so good).

Top up with crushed ice and heaps of white rum, stir with a bar spoon and garnish with the remaining mint.

Enjoy! :)

- zac.

2009
09/13
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