un cinq a sept, here in boston
the place: gaslight, 560 harrison ave, south end
the date: wednesday, 04.08.09
the plan: cocktails and apps
my official acquitaine group communique (i.e., newsletter update) told me that gaslight was offering a selection of $6 cocktails during certain weekday hours in april along with some sort of appetizer. clearly, a happy hour was in order, so I snuck out of work a few minutes early, grabbed a drinking buddy and hopped in a cab to my favorite boston restaurant.
drinks, of course: oh my. the selection of cocktails all seemed so tempting. so, of course, we just went ahead and tried almost all of them. unfortunately, I didn’t pull out my little journal and write down all the names and since they’re not on the regular list, I can’t find the names now. however, my first was gin and lemon and a champagne float. it was refreshing and tart and made my lips tingle. the second was vodka and something sweet and made me a little dizzy. in the end I went back to the first, but only by mistake (the names, whatever they were, sounded the same). the others sampled included one rum based and one with apple liquer. all tasty, I promise, dspite my lack of specifics.
to start: the sppetizer offered with the cocktails was a cute little amuse trio. olives, something that was probably a pate, and a stuffed mushroom. I immediately also ordered escargot because I think that if I went to gaslight and didn’t order escargot, I’d be suspect to some sort of fbi probe to see if I’m really me. then I let the non-gaslight fanatic choose our second round of apps, which lead to the asparagus salad (amazing, topped with an egg)and frites. a lovely dinner and somehow enough food to absorb all the booze in those very strong cocktails.
the idea of discounted cocktails during low-traffic times isn’t novel, but somehow it always seems new and exciting. we’re definitely going to go back before the month is over (hopefully paired with dinner at estragon), so I’ll be sure to write those cocktail names and ingredients down next time.
