In winter, 1996 (Yangming Mountain, Taipei), I had my first shot of
whiskey. Some said that whiskey is definitely the "Men's Drink."
Well, I have no intention to get in such an endless debate, but yes, I fell in
love with whiskey ever since that shot. It was a tongue-and-throat-burning
experience and the name was Suntory Kakubin "角瓶."
That
night, I went to my landlord's house for tutoring his son with his English. I
walked to my landlord's house only to find my student had gone shopping with
his mom. My landlord was sitting in front of his big TV, kindly asking me if I
would like to join him with a drink. He poured me a shot of Suntory whiskey in
a beautiful hand-made Chinese pottery. (quite an exotic match, huh!) My whiskey
enlightenment thus began. (BTW, we were watching the Discovery channel at that
time. Well, would it be cool if we were watching "The Godfather"
instead!?)
This is
the genuine Suntory Kakubin-just flew to me from Japan….from Yoshiki. I shall
expect to have a pleasant winter with this bottle. ^^
Special Blend
Made
In Japan--I wonder if it tastes the same as the Kakubin in Taiwan.
