SAKE TIME!

As I've mentioned before, booze is expensive in Singapore, like really expensive! Thanks to taxes most bottles of hard alcohol will start somewhere between $80-$100, wines will start at around $25 a bottle and beer is usually around $20 a six pack and those prices are in stores, it's more expensive in restaurants. That's why we like the SAKE BAR. There's this joint that we frequent in Robertson Quay called ORIHARA SHOUTEN!

While still pricey, by Singaporean standards it's reasonable and oh so much fun. Run by a cute couple, Maria deals with the floor while her husband (who doesn't speak a lick of English) deals with the booze and the preparation of the Whiskey. Oh... the whiskey. You see, when you order a whiskey, they carve out a ball of ice that fits perfectly in your glass and pour the whiskey over that iceball, it's a cool tradition well worth the wait. If Whiskey isn't your thing, they usually have hundreds of different bottles of Sake to choose from and they also offer "Sake Seasons", (think of a Wine Flight, little tasters of Sake, 3 glasses for about $30).

Another cool thing about this place (and most bars in Singapore), if you don't finish your bottle of booze, they will keep it for you for up to a month. So when you come back, you can pick up right where you left off and enjoy the rest of your Sake. Pretty sweet deal.

I've also bestowed the crew at Orihara with an official TIKI BAR TV shot glass. One of the cool things about this place is that you can choose the glass you wish to sip your sake from and now one of those choices include a GREEN GULP!

Anyway, this has become something of a weekly tradition for us, to end the night with a drink at the Sake bar and spend some time with our friends and Maria, it's a cool joint and I'm glad we found it. If any of you come to visit us, I'm pretty sure that at one point or another, we'll end up having a drink here but for now, you can see our Sake adventures HERE!!!