It’s not all about tapas in Toledo. This weekend, and this weekend only, several bars are running a cocktail special. We went to check it out last night.
We kicked off with a piña colada, because the advertised special wasn’t available for some reason. Maybe it was better this way. The “Carol Kick” promised to be a florid concoction laced with some energy drink. It would probably have kept me awake till Tuesday.
Chunks of tinned pineapples on sticks are kind of “exotic”, I suppose…
The “Purple Turtle”. A bit like imbibing liquified gummy bears!
Precision at work 🙂
…and I give you the “Strawberry Limon Dry”. Not bad, though I didn’t quite manage to finish it.
OK… it’s midday Sunday and I’ve only just rolled out of bed. In an hour and a bit, I’m meant to be doing tapas… watch this space 😉
Lady Of The Cakes 
It was my birthday recently so I know you planned this post just for me, right? RIGHT?! XO
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YES! Of course 🙂
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I’m not so keen on cocktails these days, never sure what sort of head i will have in the morning! ….good luck with the tapas! 🙂
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I don’t feel even in the slightest bit off this morning… but you’re right, it’s unpredictable 😉
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That purple thing looks heinous! I would stick with the piña colada. Or better yet a martini. A real one, with gin.
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It was a bit challenging… but fun to look at 😉
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Have you tried agua de Valencia? Seriously good, seriously evil. I wrote a whole post about it. It dominated my fortieth birthday.
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That sounds intriguing…!
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Here you go:
http://roughseasinthemed.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/agua-de-valencia/
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Oh man… what a horrendous experience! 😦
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Hey, it was good at the time. Well, the strong orange juice was good …
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I’m much more of a wine, whisky or dry martini kinda gal. The challenge with cocktails is most are crazy sweet desert like… whereas I’d prefer my cakes separate from booze as a beverage at least. 😉
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I do quite like sweet drinks, but there is a limit.
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That blue one? I shudder!!
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Yup… me too 😉
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Did you just have the three, or did you just forget to take photos after the third one? I do love cocktails, but generally only sour ones like Mojitos or Margaritas. That purple thing really does look awful! Can you remember what was in it?
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I’m a fan of mojitos, definitely 🙂
The blue one… let me check… it just says (in the leaflet) rum, lime, apple juice, orange peel, and a number of undisclosed ingredients… pureed blue gummy bears just has to be one of those! 😉
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It actually sounds nicer than it looks! Anything with rum and lime can’t be too far off the mark!
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No sweet drinks for me. I learned a few years ago that it’s the sugar content that causes the hangover. Or something like that. At any rate, I’ll eat my sweets and drink my booze sans the sugar.
Happy tapas later!
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The tapas were fab… post will follow eventually. I’m in a cheese coma!
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You are my hero.
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Now if you would please work all those calories off for me, I’d be very much obliged 🙂
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Ha!
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The Strawberry Limon Dry sounds interesting. What’s in it?
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Is this what they call the “liquid lunch”?
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A liquid dinner 🙂
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I think those drinks are most likely quite a lot prettier to look at than I’d be if I had had them last night 😉
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Now I fancy a margarita. That’s your fault.
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I’m sure The Stag would gladly oblige 🙂
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Those purple turtles are the exact color that food (drink) should never be. Stay in bed and make friends with the pizza delivery man!
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I want more blue food…!
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Wow! Those pina coladas are long! I’ll pass on the purple gummy bears but the strawberry limo sounds interesting, rather alike a bloody mary.
Overall, I don’t mind a bit of sweetness, but tangy is better.
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Am looking for a perfect balance between sweet and tangy… I shall make it a quest 😉
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Now this is a challenge I could see myself happily signing up for!! ❤
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Let’s see if they do it again next year. It’s been rather embryonic, with only very few establishments participating, but there is hope 🙂
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I hope the tapas soaked up the alcohol!
They all look a tad sweet for my tastes. I prefer the likes of Manhattan and OldFashioned. Maybe I am!
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Nothing wrong with having “classic” tastes, lol 😉
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Yikes! Much to sweet for me….. (Except Mojitas) I’ll stick to the wine!
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Wine was had… with the tapas 🙂
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But of course!
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You look lovely. and happy. I couldn’t do one cocktail, much less 3 super-size-me’s. What happened to old fashioned sized serves?
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It would have been nice if they had been smaller, I agree. That last one was a bucket load!
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That purple one looks toxic but it sounds like you survived 🙂
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I did! But don’t ask me how… it must have bypassed my digestive system entirely.
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You’ll be able to drink Anna under the table soon 😉
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Not in this lifetime…
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Sign me up for the Purple Turtle! Looks like a fun night.
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I think the PT was a one-off special for that weekend. Just as well, coz it was a bit sickly 😉
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I love cocktails! Pina Colada is my favorite 🙂 The blue one looks a little scary 🙂 The strawberry one looks a little stong. Which one was thge best? xoxo Fanni
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The pina colada, definitely. Maybe because it was the first one, so it went down very nicely. The last one was also quite good, nice and tangy.
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The Purple Turtle looks divine – I hope it was as good as it looks and sounds!
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’twas a bit sickly, sadly…
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shame…
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