Shochi
went to dinner with coworkers after work to a japanese yakitori place. Turns out yakitori is "meat on a stick" - what a novel and convenient concept. Tasty, easy to eat. sort of a miniauturized kebab. What a lovely concept!
Anyway, after dinner we were going to get dessert so J. ordered "shochi". we all nodded, figuring it'd be some sort of ice cream or similar. he stressed "shochi with ice". we nodded. in a few minutes the waitress shows up, bringing 6 glasses of water with ice. We look around thinking "hmm, who ordered water? shouldn't you have brought water at the beginning?".
I grab a glass, take a sip and bam! learn a new japanese word. Turns out "shochi" is just a clever way of saying "vodka with ice". nothing more.
After the yakitori place we popped into another bar called "viper room" around the corner, where we were supposed to meet a few people i had met at Globe the night before.
Viper room was a nicely decorated bar, totally empty (maybe it gets going at 2am?) with very tasty cocktails. I have a drink, remark at the design, and J. says "have you been to the bathroom yet"? Intrigued, i check out the bathroom, realize there's nothing fancy there, but on the way back notice a row of small room with couches off to the side of the corridor on the way to the bathroom. with little "viper room #n" signs. hmmmmmmm.
think about it.
think some more....
So really, I don't know what the club was all about, but we got a little confused and left. maybe there was nothing sketchy about the "private" rooms, but we didn't want to stay and find out. so we left, effectively emptying out the entire bar - there was noone else there but us.
so i guess i had my introduction to K. road, the "underbelly" of Auckland.
Anyway, after dinner we were going to get dessert so J. ordered "shochi". we all nodded, figuring it'd be some sort of ice cream or similar. he stressed "shochi with ice". we nodded. in a few minutes the waitress shows up, bringing 6 glasses of water with ice. We look around thinking "hmm, who ordered water? shouldn't you have brought water at the beginning?".
I grab a glass, take a sip and bam! learn a new japanese word. Turns out "shochi" is just a clever way of saying "vodka with ice". nothing more.
After the yakitori place we popped into another bar called "viper room" around the corner, where we were supposed to meet a few people i had met at Globe the night before.
Viper room was a nicely decorated bar, totally empty (maybe it gets going at 2am?) with very tasty cocktails. I have a drink, remark at the design, and J. says "have you been to the bathroom yet"? Intrigued, i check out the bathroom, realize there's nothing fancy there, but on the way back notice a row of small room with couches off to the side of the corridor on the way to the bathroom. with little "viper room #n" signs. hmmmmmmm.
think about it.
think some more....
So really, I don't know what the club was all about, but we got a little confused and left. maybe there was nothing sketchy about the "private" rooms, but we didn't want to stay and find out. so we left, effectively emptying out the entire bar - there was noone else there but us.
so i guess i had my introduction to K. road, the "underbelly" of Auckland.
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