Next thing you know…
…you’ll be donning a cheongsam with your kilt. :eek:
LMAO
I think that would offend the fashion gods a little too much and they would strike me dead…
alcohol adds power.
The fashion gods couldn’t get past your Iron Shirt, Dale.
If they haven’t done you already, I think you’re safe.
****tail or tonic?
I’ve always wondered why North America wasn’t more into tonics.
Chinese medicine, alcohol an exotic mix
By Joanne Sasvari, Special To The SunMarch 20, 2010
There’s nothing like a spring tonic to get you energized. And it’s all the better when that tonic comes in the form of a ****tail based on ancient Chinese herbal medicine.
That’s just what bar manger Danielle Tatarin is shaking up at the stylish ****tail lounge and Asian tapas bar at the new chic-boutique Keefer Hotel in Chinatown, which opened just before the Olympics started.
“Chinatown has elements of rawness, realism and history all wrapped into one,” says Tatarin. “I think the Keefer Bar squeezes in quite nicely.”
The neighbourhood’s traditions were also an inspiration when it came to creating her drinks list. In her past gigs – most recently at DB Bistro Moderne – the talented Tatarin has developed an expertise in classic ****tails and played with trends like molecular mixology. But the Keefer gave her an opportunity to try something completely fresh.
“Incorporating Chinese medicine into ****tails is pretty out there and some people are, like, really?” Tatarin says. “But to me it was a no-brainer. I found that the herbs used in Chinese medicine are often incorporated into teas and tinctures and that made it easy for me to work with in my ****tail formulas.”
While it may seem unusual to mix health and alcohol, in fact, that’s exactly how the original ****tails came about.
“I love the history of ****tails and when [owner Cam Watt] approached me to run the bar, he mentioned apothecary. I got so excited – the first person I thought of was Antoine Amedee Peychaud,” Tatarin says, referring to the 19th-century New Orleans apothecary who famously mixed his curative bitters with cognac to create the iconic ****tail called the Sazerac.
Now her back bar is lined not just with premium spirits, but with jars filled with spiky, spiny things steeping to become syrups, teas, tinctures (based on a single herbal ingredient) or bitters (made of a mix of ingredients).
They include the yun zhi mushroom, magnolia bark, wolfberry, ginger and a dried root called astragalus, which the Chinese use in teas and tinctures to boost the immune system and vitality. Tatarin has transformed the tea into a simple syrup.
“The flavour of the tea syrup is very earthy and the drink we blend it into, Tiger’s Tail, is a combination of bitter, earthy, tart, sweet and spicy,” she says.
It might be just the cure for what ails you as the city recovers from the 17-day party that was the Olympics. After all, a little healthy tonic can’t hurt.
[QUOTE=Dale Dugas;996816]So I brought this nice single malt with a very nice piece of Chang Bai Ginseng that a friend of mine sent me. So I added it and let it sit for a while and brought it to the Zhang San Feng Festival.
I like ginseng in my scotch. At least Gene tried it, and reported that it was the foulest swill he had ever tasted. I think there were some swear words attached as well, but you can just imagine how our fearless leader responded…
My teacher likes to put coke in single malt.
To each his own.
Can you infer from this and all the mention on the forum here and there that Gene does not like adulterated single malts?[/QUOTE]
You put ginseng in Scotch?
In a single malt no less?
You’re not gonna get invited to any more Burns nights if you tell anyone else that!
feckin blasphemy!
No Oban for you!!!
I like what I like.
good scotch and better ginseng.
Not drinking anymore, so its a moot point.
Tan Qindong & Hongmao Wine
This one is slightly off topic for our hBusted TCM practitioners because it’s a western doc being busted for slamming a Chinese health liquor tonic.
Anyone familiar with Hongmao wine?
Doctor arrested for describing Chinese medicinal tonic that was banned for false advertising as ‘poison’
Medic placed under investigation after company that has been repeatedly censured for misleading claims complained to police
PUBLISHED : Monday, 16 April, 2018, 5:55pm
UPDATED : Monday, 16 April, 2018, 6:30pm
Louise Moon
A Chinese doctor is under investigation for describing as “poison” a “medicinal liquor” that has repeatedly been banned over false claims about its health benefits.
On Sunday police in Inner Mongolia confirmed they had detained Tan Qindong after receiving a complaint from the Hongmao Wine company, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
The police statement said the company had complained about a blog post that “maliciously discredited” the wine, which can be bought in some areas.
In February, the company’s advertisements were banned in the neighbouring province of Shaanxi as part of a crackdown by the Bureau of Press, Publication, Broadcasting and Television on food fraud and false advertising, the report added.
In 2016, the company was ordered by authorities in Korla, Xinjiang, to suspend sales of the product for exaggerating its benefits, according to an article on Sina.com.
Three years earlier it was included on a blacklist of companies found guilty of false advertising issued by the food and drug administration in Zhejiang province.
And in 2010, regulators in Hainan ruled that the company had misrepresented comments by experts and customers to exaggerate the benefits of its product.
Tan, 39, was detained in January, but police only confirmed his arrest on Sunday.
Police from Liangcheng county in Inner Mongolia began investigating the case on January 2, before detaining Tan eight days later.
Beijing Youth Daily said the detention was because his comments had “damaged the reputation of the business”.
Accountants hired by police to assess the company’s losses concluded that the defamation resulted in a direct loss of just under 1.3 million yuan (US$207,000) – a figure Tan’s lawyers contested, saying that more evidence was needed.
On March 12 Tan submitted a petition to the Liangcheng county police stating his post was published to advise elderly people against believing Hongmao’s advertising.
He accepted that his use of the word “poison” could be inappropriate, but insisted his post was factually correct.
His case had been passed to China’s state organ for legal supervision for review, the report said.
Tan’s article was published in December and said the liquor, which is popular with the elderly, contained 67 different Chinese herbal medicines, many of which were toxic.
The doctor also highlighted a list of illnesses the wine claimed it could cure, including coronary heart disease and hardening of the arteries, and questioned the evidence behind the claims.
China’s top court and prosecutor announced in 2013 that creators of online rumours viewed by more than 5,000 people or reposted more than 500 times would be charged with defamation.
Many people have questioned Tan’s arrest including his wife, Liu Wei, who told the newspaper his blog post had received just over 2,000 hits.
She was quoted as saying that she was surprised a post with that number of readers could result in detention.
Hongmao wine is listed under the State Food and Drug Administration as a Chinese medicine. The company, which traces its origins back to 1739, could not be reached for comment.