Ayako and James bravely hosted what was probably the stickiest ‘Tacular of all. This annual summer cocktail extravaganza had an Asian twist. Our hosts did an excellent job of bringing the theme to life with their awesome t-shirts, arty tableaux, film and music selections.
Cocktacular 3 was also Marco and Laura’s first ‘Tacular – welcome Pettas! Actually, Marco was stuck at home nursing his delicate gums, but he was the mastermind behind the delicious shrimp canapés and mango passion cocktails that Laura served up. Marco, we look forward to having you grace us with your presence next time!
OK, so what did everyone else bring? Well, I have to admit that the fact that my cocktail was rather labour intensive to make distracted me from documenting everyone’s delicious delights, but here’s what I recall…
Mei and Jeremy fired up the wok (or frying pan) and tossed up some tongue-tingling Kung Pao chicken. Pow! We washed down our tasty lettuce packets with Lotus Blossom cocktails featuring lychees and sake.
Kate and Ian touted a refreshing chicken soup with lime, chillies and basil. For their cocktail, they stirred up some….gimlets? No, I don’t think they were gimlets. Were they? Can anyone help me out here?
Sara and Dan baked up some yummy sticky hoisin-glazed chicken wings and mixed up plum wine lime spritzers (I’m pretty sure about this, but please comment to correct me if I’m wrong folks!).
Karina and Christian cooked up some Thai Sloppy Joes and Soho cocktails with lychee liqueur and Blue Curacao. What’s not to love about a blue cocktail?
Ayako and James fried up mini tonkatsu, and provided a lovely assortment of nibblies including: edamame, homemade guacamole (because everything tastes better with guac), Japanese crackers, ginger shortbread, matcha cookies, and GIANT POCKY. They also offered up various flavours of chu-hais made with shochu. Fizzy fun!
I was in the kitchen shaking up the aforementioned labour-intensive Thai Boxers (coconut milk, rum, coriander, Thai basil, mint and a bunch of other things I can’t remember). For dessert I laid out a make-your-own Asian shaved ice dessert buffet with lots of crazy toppings (canned corn anyone?). Christian emerged as King of the Ice Shaver showcasing an enthusiasm for the machine that perhaps no one expected (ah, alcohol! Christian...remember, Connie and Ryan’s Shaved Ice Hut. We can make it happen.)
Jenn and Daniel – we missed you!
As always, click on the 'Tacular Memories link on our homepage for some pics.
‘Tacular #17 will be Fungitacular on Sat, Sept 22nd, to be hosted by Kate and Ian. Let the foraging begin!
