Wanting to celebrate St Paddy's in style this year, I organised a wee shindig at mine. Getting people to come all the way up here into the mountains is no easy feat. But advertising my 'famous' Irish Stew soon drew a crowd. A mixed bunch of party animals showed up from all over. Americans, Trinidadians, Kiwis, Guatamalans, South Africans and Japanese of course. There was even a couple of girls from England (honestly).Having never cooked for twenty people before and having never cooked my 'famous' Irish Stew' before ensured my friday night was wholely devoted to peeling potatoes and wondering why in God's name there was no beef stock anywhere in Japan. But it all worked out well and with my new secret ingredient of Guinness (don't tell anyone) I was confident of a crowd-pleaser. On arrival I dished out the stew and soon after introduced everyone to our traditional medicinal drink 'hot whiskeys'. Surprisingly both the stew and whiskeys went down a treat and a few people even asked for seconds.
Everyone really made an effort dressing up in green. Some of the girls had made green jelly/vodka shots and and others had brought green glowstick bracelets for everyone. With bottles of whiskey and baileys arriving by the minute it soon got noisy as voices rose over the Irish jigs.After a bit of boozing at my place we all dandered over to my little Mama-sans pub. I'd love to talk in detail about the fun we had singing karaoke and mixing with the locals, but to be honest it's all a little blurry. But it was great craic and a St Paddys I'll always remember. Well, at least parts of it.
Dishing out the stew.
Instead of the usual 'Campai' we did a big 'Slante'.
Everyone looked great in green.
Japanese friends came too.
Trinidadians love the Irish.
The hot whiskeys kick in.
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