They want lemon ricotta pancakes, a lobster and arugula omelet, and a nice cold pitcher of tequila punch.
A well-made Sazerac (in the Inn's category of "stirred and boozy"), a Moscow Mule (before summer fades entirely), a nice riff on a Tequila Sunrise (with mezcal doing its smoky thing in place of the usual), a high-octane Two-to-One Martini (with Old Tom gin, Dolin dry vermouth and orange bitters).
I love Mexican food, so if I was trying to combine an ultimate blow-out feast with comfort, I'd have be a huge heap of my favourite tacos al pastor and cochinita pibil imported fresh from Tulum, fresh chopped mangoes with lime, a nice bottle of sipping tequila, such as Patrón Gold, and a cigar.
But although you occasionally hear of an expensive Scotch, tequila or Cognac dinner at a nice restaurant, you rarely hear of people hosting more informal tasting parties at home.
Add a bottle of Alacran Tequila, which will look (and taste) particularly nice with this set.
Before the Tequila Mockingbird episode/cocktail I had sipped a nice Wigle Rye whiskey on an empty stomach, which is enough to get me started.
Sure, you can buy her a round of tequila shots, but it'd be even nicer and more memorable if you gave her a small cake".
Luckily, Maestro Dobel was nice enough to send us a bottle of their $74.99 Diamond Tequila, offering us entree into a world that was once reserved for Jay Z and mortgage brokers between 2002 and 2007.
Tequila, normally quite timid and wary of even the nicest people, gently went to everyone in the ward, one by one, ears back, body slightly lowered, tail wagging hysterically in a circle.
So we drink our tequila our grandfathers made and play and we settle into a nice long drink.
