Word: tequila
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...believe. But with the 2008 Olympic Games less than two years away, Beijing is undergoing a maniacal makeover - nowhere more brazen than in the city's wining-and-dining scene. With its army of foreign Mandarin students, Beijing has traditionally been the city of the cut-price tequila shot, but the coming sporting extravaganza is attracting accomplished restaurateurs who formerly kept the cheapskate capital at arm's length. That means everything from tapas joints to decadent martini lounges is finally on the menu. Face Bar, tel: (86-10) 6551 6788, swung open its doors in July, and is a good...
...minutes you are: Cracking open the bottle of tequila on my desk...
...parts tequila 1 part triple sec (I like Cointreau or, if I'm feeling flush, Grand Marnier) 1/2 part freshly squeezed lime juice Optional: salt...
...This 1 1/2-1-1/2 ratio is age-old and not to be messed with. And this ratio is what I told Cory I wanted. He looked at me in worried confusion, as though I'd asked him to pour tequila directly into my mouth. I imagined what he was thinking: A margarita like that would be far more costly than the ones Applebee's serves, since a pure one contains only liquor and juice, not shelf...
...best preparation for that all-important personality test may well be a college career spent playing poker and doing tequila shots. An Atlanta woman I interviewed, a skilled website writer, was fired without explanation after a few weeks at a job. "I tried to fit in," she told me. "I went to lunch with the guys, but all they talked about was sports, which I know nothing about, and they all seemed to know each other from college." Poor thing, she had probably wasted her college years in the library...