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Published by luke January 2nd, 2005 in all, mysore, karnataka, india, post location.so when my mom saw the name of this blog she was a bit taken aback and then she posted a comment saying that she still didn’t get the joke.
the gin and tonic is the only classic cocktail to have been invented in asia. when the british were here, they had to drink tonic water due to the quinine in it fighting off the effects of malaria. my great uncle dick is probably the only person in the world who enjoys the taste of tonic water plain, so they decided to mix the tonic with gin … thus inventing a new cocktail.
i thought that naming my blog as i did was a bit ironic and hopefully funny. i am making a pilgrimage of sorts to study ashtanga with guruji and i found it sort of funny that perhaps someone would make a pilgrimage to the home of a cocktail. i guess many people plan vacations around wine tasting in napa but it seems more extreme to go half-way around the world for a cocktail. the ironic part is that i will likely have less than two (or none) gin and tonics the whole time that i am here. i get up between 4-5am each day and to tell the truth i don’t even know where i would go for one. the streets around here are lined with just about anything you can imagine excepting the stream of bars that line many western streets.
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I did not know the origin of the gin and tonic, thanks luke. No cocktails in India? absurd. I will have an extra one each night for you.
luke, happy new year and what a great way to start yours! Looking forward to reading more…