No, it’s not the name of a cool Alt-Punk band. It’s my next post, composed half-soberly after a lazy attempt to find the best bloody mary cocktail in BKK. It’s been a short, strange trip. I didn’t discover this drink until well into middle age when I randomly ordered one with breakfast right here in Thailand. And damn if it wasn’t an interesting way to inject vodka into one’s breakfast. However, most of the ones I tried didn’t pack the kind of flavor wallop I was promised by all the films and TV shows where the characters drank one—I said “most.” Of course, every place I tried was strategically located near one of Bangkok’s three red-light districts. I haven’t ranked them. Rather, they’re grouped according to proximity to the gogo bars. Here’s how it shook out…
I really loved this post, great writing. It has some atmosphere and imagination. I will try a few of these places. My first day in Thailand, I stayed at a nice hotel in Sathorn, and I think it was like 2 for 1 cocktails and a designer pool-side lounge and I had these tropical fruit hard liquor drinks with chili salt and pineapple wedge or something. but they were done in a mixologist complexity kind of way, am still remembering it.
I really loved this post, great writing. It has some atmosphere and imagination. I will try a few of these places. My first day in Thailand, I stayed at a nice hotel in Sathorn, and I think it was like 2 for 1 cocktails and a designer pool-side lounge and I had these tropical fruit hard liquor drinks with chili salt and pineapple wedge or something. but they were done in a mixologist complexity kind of way, am still remembering it.