soho moho
February 1, 2009
MMmm friday I found my sitting in the Soho Hotel (click to see location) sipping my favourite drink MOJITO. I have drunk this drink in various places around the world but never in its birthplace, Cuba. I have to say Fridays drink took some beating, it was long, packed with crushed mint , sour sweet taste of the lime and sugar cane juice, and the deep tang or rum, delicious and oh so potent. My friend and I sipped, and sipped, giggled a little, laughed and chatted, until we then decided to travel to Brazil !! and try their lime infused cocktail, a Caipirinha. Yummy, laughed a lot, by that time feeling a little wobbly! delicous though, we had another…………………
Mojito recipe
good amount of mint leaves
a lime cut into quarters, save one for decoration
sugar cane juice or sugar syrup
Havana Club 3 yr rum
Crushed ice
Club soda
Put 3 wedges of lime and and 12-14 fresh mint into the bottom of a tall glass, and crush with a wooden muddle (wooden stick) and pulverise the lime and mint together, releasing the lime essential oils and bruising the mint leaves to give off a rich aroma.
Fill the glass 3/4 full with crushed ice, add 2 tbspns sugar cane juice of sugar syrup and 2 ozs rum. then top up the glass with soda water………….. put on some good cuban dance beats and sip away !!≈
food aviation
November 20, 2008
me, I eat with my eyes, what do you eat with? not only does it have to taste good but it has to be a visual pleasure and delectable Thats the trouble with designers, sometimes the need for perfection can go just a little too far.
just yesterday ventured down to Farnborough in Hampshire, not the usual place for gourmet delights, but a little research required for a project I am working on, emergency lighting would you believe!! The newly opened Aviator Hotel the venue, so thought I would sample the restaurant while I was there.
Food was excellent and I thoroughly recommend it, not only did it get the taste buds rocking it looked a treat in more ways than one.
