Once I got the pineapple juice sorted, the Jungle Bird is quite a delicious cocktail. In fact, I had two! I love the frothy head and the sweet/sour flavours; excellent. This is one I will be definitely trying on privileged guests, once we can receive them in safe circumstances, of course.
And the origin of Jungle Bird is truly interesting; how a favoured drink can resonate through the years and across the globe. I haven’t been to Hilton in KL but stayed the other side of the twin towers at the Concorde Hotel in February 2009. If you’re in a hotel on business, its rare you get offered a welcoming drink. In fact, about the only place that has happened to me regularly was in Mauritius. The photo you set; isn’t that the Menara Bank? Its just behind the Concorde. Actually, if you come out of the hotel and turn to the left there is (or was) a string of bars. In one, there was a superb band from Kenya playing a residency. I was so impressed I took some details and passed them on to the BBC. I got a stock answer back so I don’t think they were followed up. And I cannot even remember their name….although I must have it in one of my diaries I suppose.
Oh, and a good addition to your playlist would be ‘Freebird’ by Lynyrd Skynyrd, of course.
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Once I got the pineapple juice sorted, the Jungle Bird is quite a delicious cocktail. In fact, I had two! I love the frothy head and the sweet/sour flavours; excellent. This is one I will be definitely trying on privileged guests, once we can receive them in safe circumstances, of course.
And the origin of Jungle Bird is truly interesting; how a favoured drink can resonate through the years and across the globe. I haven’t been to Hilton in KL but stayed the other side of the twin towers at the Concorde Hotel in February 2009. If you’re in a hotel on business, its rare you get offered a welcoming drink. In fact, about the only place that has happened to me regularly was in Mauritius. The photo you set; isn’t that the Menara Bank? Its just behind the Concorde. Actually, if you come out of the hotel and turn to the left there is (or was) a string of bars. In one, there was a superb band from Kenya playing a residency. I was so impressed I took some details and passed them on to the BBC. I got a stock answer back so I don’t think they were followed up. And I cannot even remember their name….although I must have it in one of my diaries I suppose.
Oh, and a good addition to your playlist would be ‘Freebird’ by Lynyrd Skynyrd, of course.
Cheers
For all Apple Music users out there - here is week 8's playlist:
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/the-spirits-week-7/pl.u-38oWroEsZgPp4G