Entries Tagged as 'lychee martini'

Sansei Seafood & Sushi

March 29th, 2011 · No Comments

For our last dinner in Hawaii we met up with Cory, Chris, Danny and Caroline for dinner at Sansei. This is one of our favorite Waikiki restaurants. We even had gone to dinner there earlier in the trip. We were hoping that the Big Island restaurant would be as good as the Waikiki one, and it was. We gorged on all of our usual favorites as well as trying some new things. Dallas enjoyed a Japanese beer called Koshihikari Echigo. Us ladies were drinking lychee martinis. They were so delicious. I was on my third one when this happened:


Photo by Cory

I took a few sips and was going to eat my lychee when i noticed something in it. I thought it was part of a pit and was going to pick it out, when I noticed it was a bee!!!! After Cory took a few photos, our waitress was quick to apologize and brought out a complimentary replacement for the drink. So crazy!

Great dinner, though. I was sad that it was the last dinner of our trip, but we went out in style. I was so stuffed, and kind of drunk, by the end of that night!

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Feist at the Riv

November 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Feist at the RivBefore the show, Jess and I tried to have dinner at a place Chad recommended earlier in the day, Thai Pastry, but it was full and they couldn’t really give us an estimate on how long the wait was. So, not wanting to be late for the show, we went to Agami for sushi. The sushi was pretty good, but I thought it was overpriced. The service was kind of off.. our waiter was big-time pressuring us to order quickly. Also, we each had a really delicious lychee martini, but they didn’t seem to have any alcohol in them plus they were $12 each.

On to the show. I thought it was great. There’s no messing with Leslie Feist’s voice in the studio.. it’s as strong and clear live as it is in her recorded songs. The only bad thing was that she injured her foot right before the show so she had to sit the whole time. I think that normally she’d be dancing around and it would have been a bit more lively. Overall, a great show, though.

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Dining Alfresco at La Bottega

June 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment

La Bottega
La Bottega, Chelsea, Manhattan

Ravioli @ La Bottega
Funghi Ravioli – Mushrooms, Parmesan, Truffle Oil :: La Bottega, Chelsea, Manhattan

Lychee Martini @ La Bottega
Lychee Martini :: La Bottega, Chelsea, Manhattan

Jeff @ La Bottega
Jeff Eating Pizza NY Style :: La Bottega, Chelsea, Manhattan

Joe & Arun @ La Botegga
Joe & Arun :: La Bottega, Chelsea, Manhattan

Rachelle @ La Bottega
Rachelle :: La Bottega, Chelsea, Manhattan

La Bottega
View From My Room :: La Bottega, Chelsea, Manhattan

It turns out that The Maritime Hotel‘s bar and restaurant, La Bottega, is quite a happening spot. Girls come through here dressed like they’re going clubbing and there have been some celebrity sightings too. We didn’t see any on Friday night when all of these photos were taken, but last night I met up with John and his friend Emily for a drink at the hotel bar and they bumped into Isaiah Washington, that guy who made the ruckus on Grey’s Anatomy when he made homophobic remarks to his gay co-actor. Then while we were getting drinks she spotted Josh Pais, who played “The Modelizer” on a Sex & the City episode, and Seth Meyers from Saturday Night Live.

Anyway, these photos were taken on Friday night after we got back from the airport and settled into our hotel. La Bottega has a great big huge patio area with umbrella’d tables that makes it really nice to eat and drink outdoors, so that’s exactly what we did.

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