so without yet cracking open the bottle i procured online, i finally tasted hou hou shu!

this time at ps7 - which on a side note, is home of edward's beloved lavender gimlet and a few other tasty drinks. at $20 for a 175 mL, the price was double what i paid online, but possibly worth it, if just for the bizarre candle-holder-like glasses that it was served in.

but that's not important. what is important is that it was everything that i was hoping it would be ... and then some. i think it's safe to say it's my new favorite drink.

so what's it like?

• insanely awesome - not like anything else.

• refreshing and light - a little bit fizzy; a little bit milky; sweet, but not overly so. the taste is slightly reminiscent of horchata, which i also love, but there's also a little bit of fruit (melon? strawberry?) in there.

• in the words of our dinner companion, "i could drink this for breakfast".

• finally, lest anyone accuse me of rampant alcoholism, i will point out that hou hou shu is a mere 6% alcohol by volume.

from the annals of "i'm-trying-to-convince-myself-this-is-a-good-thing", edward and i stopped by de vinos on 18th last night to find not one but two varieties of hou hou shu (pink bottle is supposed to be slightly sweeter than blue) newly stocked!