12 YEAR CHIVAS IS THE CHEAP SHIT!
Yoomi had invited Bavan and myself to dinner at her place on Sunday night. It’s traditional to bring gifts when visiting somebody’s place so we went out shopping. Namdaemun markets are fairly famous. From what I could tell it was infamous for selling assorted crap but at least Bavan and I got to see the gate. There are four gates in town that is all that remains of the original fortress that once stood in Seoul.
Now Koreans are well known for being pretty big drinkers. Hell, apparently Chivas make an 80 year bottle just for the Korean market (I’m not sure if that’s true). Anyway, my cousin’s husband is no exception. I love this guy! An old Irishman once said to me “They say that Koreans are the Irish of the Orient!” I replied, “Is it because were all alcoholics?” When I told this to my cousin it went down like a fart in an elevator. “No it’s because we like to have fun and tell stories!”
We quickly polished off a bottle of Australian red that we had so graciously purchased. After dinner we moved onto the bottle of Johnny Gold (20 years) which we finished and then onto the Hennessy XO cognac while listening to my cousin’s daughter play piano (very civilised). He went on to explain that anything over 12 year scotch was acceptable but even the 12 year was considered to be cheap. I cringed considering that I had also bought him a bottle of 12 year Chivas which I thought was very generous of me. Suffice to say Bavan and I were pretty hammered when we left. They instructed our cabbie to take us back to the Ritz but I quickly redirected him to JJ Mahoney’s. Apparently this place is notorious for ladies who are only interested depending on your career prospects so Bavan and I were completely safe from their advances. A couple more Johnnys here and it was back to our favourite Korean restaurant for some kimchi jigae and more soju. Love the soju!
I slept like the dead!
I don’t know how Bavan got himself out of bed and into work.
Now Koreans are well known for being pretty big drinkers. Hell, apparently Chivas make an 80 year bottle just for the Korean market (I’m not sure if that’s true). Anyway, my cousin’s husband is no exception. I love this guy! An old Irishman once said to me “They say that Koreans are the Irish of the Orient!” I replied, “Is it because were all alcoholics?” When I told this to my cousin it went down like a fart in an elevator. “No it’s because we like to have fun and tell stories!”
We quickly polished off a bottle of Australian red that we had so graciously purchased. After dinner we moved onto the bottle of Johnny Gold (20 years) which we finished and then onto the Hennessy XO cognac while listening to my cousin’s daughter play piano (very civilised). He went on to explain that anything over 12 year scotch was acceptable but even the 12 year was considered to be cheap. I cringed considering that I had also bought him a bottle of 12 year Chivas which I thought was very generous of me. Suffice to say Bavan and I were pretty hammered when we left. They instructed our cabbie to take us back to the Ritz but I quickly redirected him to JJ Mahoney’s. Apparently this place is notorious for ladies who are only interested depending on your career prospects so Bavan and I were completely safe from their advances. A couple more Johnnys here and it was back to our favourite Korean restaurant for some kimchi jigae and more soju. Love the soju!
I slept like the dead!
I don’t know how Bavan got himself out of bed and into work.
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