This looks lush. There used to be (still is?) a Polish restaurant in South Ken, called Daquise. They had delicious honey vodka and I lost many an afternoon there (going back 20 years now). Their borscht and potato pancakes were amazing. I've just checked, it's still there! https://daquise.co.uk/
Drinking rum in the FIRST TERM at big school? You grow up quick in east Devon eh... That did remind me though that my friend Catherine used to raid her parents’ drinks cabinet and fill up a thermos with a half inch of rum, a half inch of vodka, etc etc on and on, the theory being that they wouldn’t notice such small amounts vanishing. We then swigged it at lunch time on the school field before eg double maths.
I don't think I'd ever understood that you could be warmed from the inside before that rum. And yes, that is everyone's first idea of 'punch' isn't it - sadly we rarely had drink sitting about in the house (an excellent definition of middle class: there's booze in the house that no-one's drinking today) - but a few pals did and you'd end up with half a pint of a little of everything to go with your Consulate/No6/Rothman's Royals
This looks lush. There used to be (still is?) a Polish restaurant in South Ken, called Daquise. They had delicious honey vodka and I lost many an afternoon there (going back 20 years now). Their borscht and potato pancakes were amazing. I've just checked, it's still there! https://daquise.co.uk/
Oh, interesting! Looks very much like it will steal one of my afternoons before too long, thank you
Drinking rum in the FIRST TERM at big school? You grow up quick in east Devon eh... That did remind me though that my friend Catherine used to raid her parents’ drinks cabinet and fill up a thermos with a half inch of rum, a half inch of vodka, etc etc on and on, the theory being that they wouldn’t notice such small amounts vanishing. We then swigged it at lunch time on the school field before eg double maths.
I don't think I'd ever understood that you could be warmed from the inside before that rum. And yes, that is everyone's first idea of 'punch' isn't it - sadly we rarely had drink sitting about in the house (an excellent definition of middle class: there's booze in the house that no-one's drinking today) - but a few pals did and you'd end up with half a pint of a little of everything to go with your Consulate/No6/Rothman's Royals