The White Russian is my favorite cocktail. To me, it represents grace and simplicity. It seems like an extremely easy cocktail to make, but making a perfect White Russian takes skill — a fact I have been testament to from trying really, really badly made White Russians all over Kathmandu. Some simply don’t have the right coffee liqueur, some have stuff that only has the label “kahlua” but does not resemble anything like it. Most of the time, however, they just don’t get the proportions right. Sometimes there’s too much vodka, and sometimes there’s not enough. I once even had a White Russian that was shaken so vigorously that the cream and the kahlua mixed completely with one another to make what ended up looking like your plain milk-tea. As far as Kathmandu is concerned, I guess the best White Russian I have had has been in Maya Cocktails (Thamel) and 1905 (Jamal). Those and a few other places are where I have had the chance to have White Russians that actually looked, tasted and felt like what a White Russian is supposed to look, taste and feel like.

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Posted by Heretic in Opinion on July 22nd, 2008  |      201 Views     Share This     Print This Post