In Reply to: Ultimo & elsewhere posted by Heatherbelle on Wednesday, 29. July 2009 at 22:32 Bali Time:
Our meal at Ultimo was my second-favourite meal of the trip (Tropical Bale being top of the list).
We didn't really guzzle G&Ts, you know - otherwise, we'd have run out of the good gin within the first few days. Which we didn't.
Nah, H, we tippled, rather than guzzled. Tippling is civilised - guzzling is anything but (it can be fun, though, at times)!
On my way home from work yesterday, I followed a young bloke who'd been guzzling (he didn't look like he'd been having fun, but). He carried a plastic shopping bag and a VB tinnie. He sloshed the rest of his beer onto the footpath in front of me, then tossed the empty can into a rubbish bin. Until then, all was fine. But then I walked behind him for a few minutes, watching as he sprayed the pavement with puke. I'm so glad I was wearing my wellies - but I still felt a bit ill when I got to the traffic lights.
H, when you and I made drinkies in Bali, we sipped, savoured... and appreciated our G&Ts. Nothing quite like having top-shelf gin, quality tonic, heaps of ice, and the best lemons in the universe - plus the time to sit down and enjoy our drinks.
So what if we had a few during the day/evening? They were superb! And I haven't had a G&T since. Sigh