Showing posts with label Bahama mama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bahama mama. Show all posts

My Favourite Cocktails

 There aren't many, because I only have cocktails among friends at a party, now. But we experimented at one time, and had a few home made cocktails in Calicut.

Polly's Folly, with Vodka, lime, soda and salt was a favourite. A sliced and de-seeded green chilli is added and left for a couple of minutes, to add some zing. 

Among standard ones, Tequila Sunrise is one I liked. Among the exotic ones, Bahama Mama and Bahama Papa. Remember having the Mama with Kanika Mhendiratta in Delhi recently.

Bloody Mary too, among standard ones. Sometimes, a Gin and Tonic.

Gin and Cointreau also tastes pretty good.

Meeting Kanika

 This was only our second meeting, but it felt like it was the 500th.. or something like it. Just got along like a house on fire (is that the right analogy?) and went on yakking for about 5 hours over a Bahama Mama (Reminded me of my Bahamas trip in 1990 or so), a Margherita and various eats. She's a coffee drinker who sold tea for Goodricke, and had a stint with Mamaearth too, and plans to venture out in the Personal care category. Planning to bring her in for a guest talk to our MBA students. She's also my Personal Photographer, appointed for life. She volunteered for the job, and was instantly appointed.

Among the stories she told me, one stood out. A new employee in the marketing department was asked to write a brief for the ad agency. She asked Kanika, 'What's a brief?" Well,.. need I say more?  

Our last meeting was at India Habitat Centre, before COVID happened. Was surprised to know that she knows a lot of the 70s -early 80s films that were my favourites, such as Golmaal, Angoor, Chupke Chupke,... and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro.

Pics - 





On the right is the Bahama Mama, of which I have the recipe on a postcard picked up in the Bahamas. The pic below is the recipe, on a postcard I had picked up in the Bahamas, long ago.


and one more she clicked with a timer! Good skills!


Appointing (Brand) Ambassadors

I am going to appoint a few. Only condition is, their names have to be suitable for the category they are endorsing. Here are my top picks-

Hardik Patel- any brand of Motels
Sunny Deol- Deo
Sunny Leone- Lion safari
Mayanti- Aunty's home-made Pickles
Dig-vijay- Excavators
Akshay- Malabar Gold-special campaign for Akshay Tritiya
Shilpa- Hyderabad's Shilparamam
Raveena - Cloud computing (Ravi-na)
Kangana- Branded bangles
Dhoni- A new single called Anhoni ko honi karde Dhoni hai yeh Dhoni
Rahul- Arhar dal brand (it's called Kandi pappu in Telugu)
Obama- A cocktail to be invented, on the lines of Bahama Mama-that's a real one.




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