W/NW: Get your drink on

Fukui Train Station. Waiting for the Shinkansen. It's been a long day. Time to get my drink on!​
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June 2024 - Fukui Prefecture, Japan​
 
38Deardorff said:
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An excellent composition. What is in those glasses?

(I'm thinking, maybe - absinthe?)

Were all three of those gorgeous stems only for you?

If yes, I hope that wasn't your bicycle in the not too distant distance...
 
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DownUnder said:
A most excellent composition, this. What is in those glasses?

(I'm thinking, maybe - absinthe?)

Were all three of those stems just for you?

If yes, I hope that wasn't your bicycle in the background...
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The drink is Limoncello a staple aperitif of the Garda Lake area....sipped never shot..... & yes there were 3 of us....savouring rather than
binge drinking is the custom in Italy....
Here's another bottle....made from lemons on the property....IMG_4683.JPEG
 
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G9 - Commune by Archiver, on Flickr

Panasonic G9 | Olympus M Zuiko 17mm f1.8 | Commune wine bar in Southgate, Melbourne

Commune has taken the place of what was once Walter's Wine Bar, a stalwart of Melbourne's Southgate shopping and food complex. Walter's closed as the owners wanted a change, and they moved to a hotel in Mornington.

Farewell to a beloved friend

Last call is just weeks away for the venerable Southgate institution Walter's Wine Bar.
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After Walter's and prior to Commune, there was a restaurant which suddenly and mysteriously closed without warning, leaving workers with only a notice on the front door that they were no longer employed.

Southbank's Artusi closes without notice

Artusi, sister venue to the recently expanded Tutto Bene, has closed without notice.
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Archiver said:
G9 - Commune by Archiver, on Flickr

Panasonic G9 | Olympus M Zuiko 17mm f1.8 | Commune wine bar in Southgate, Melbourne

Commune has taken the place of what was once Walter's Wine Bar, a stalwart of Melbourne's Southgate shopping and food complex. Walter's closed as the owners wanted a change, and they moved to a hotel in Mornington. After Walter's and prior to Commune, there was a restaurant which suddenly and mysteriously closed without warning, leaving workers with only a notice on the front door that they were no longer employed.
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What!?! Walter's is gone? That goes to show how out of touch I am with things and places in Melbourne. My loss...

I remember them well from so long ago - well, 1980s, which to us oldies is like, yesterday or the day before - when they were in Carlton as Walter And Maria.

Living in Western Victoria, regularly we dedicate a Sunday - usually in winter when it's sunny but cold in the Pyrenees and our Audi's German heater does its noble duty to keep us nicely thawed from the outside chill - to visit small cafes with wine licenses and family wineries that often don't get on the usual lists of quaffing places.

Maryborough, a pleasant small town out of Ballarat on the road to Avoca, was one such find. Unusually good eateries (there were four, not bad for a hamlet of <9,000) until Covid did them in and they closed.

We were regulars at a place called Madam Chi Chi's. There was nothing like it in the region. Food could be up and down but the daily menu always had a few locally sourced main courses of interest and the choice on offer was interesting. The wine was also local and bloody good as the locals would say. At $10 for a bottle it was a bargain.

The lady who ran it knew her wines and mixed a darn good cocktail, her Negronis would grow hair on chests if not heads (how I wish!). I recall that Limoncello was one of her personal favourite drinks. 38Deardorff would have enjoyed having one with her as she knew a lot about photography and she could easily hold her own on the tech-talk.

But then Covid and the lockdown came along, her in-store business fell over, takeaway trade wasn't enough to keep her open and she closed. Sadly missed, not only by us but also many others. I'm always surprised when I turn up at a new cafe and chat to staff and patrons and someone will mention Madam Chi Chi and how good she was.

Maryborough has a few okay eating-places - that pub on the Main Street comes to mind, the one restored from the iconic 1908 building, lovely surrounds for lunch or a drink - the menu rather needs some new items. The cafe at the railway station was sold a few years ago but now hasn't quite made it to what it was So sadly, still nothing to come near to Madam Chi Chi.

Apologies for having (temporarily I hope) derailed this thread, what, again!?! We can now get back on the track of good grog...
 
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Archiver said:
What do you drink when there's a glass and no drink? Bokeh.

GXR - The glass stands on its own by Archiver, on Flickr

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Easy one, this. You call for the wine waiter or you've brought your own bottles anyway. One of Australia's greatest contributions to good living has been the BYO - bring your own. Now sadly in decline in the cities, but still very much the good lifestyle way in the regional towns.
 
Yokosuka Mike said:
Dourbalister, have you heard about Nikka Frontier whisky?

Excellent stuff... I'll post pictures soon.

All the best,
Mike
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Fresh from the cask or a blend?

The latter doesn't rate commenting on... it rates on a par with the (in)famous Walking Johnnie.

Lest the grenades start flying, may I say I'm not a Scot or Irish!
 
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