Buying Liquor

As usual, I woke up late for work coz I chatted too much last night.

Damn MSN Messenger!



This is what I had for breakfast on my way to the hospital. Ya, Mountain East burger. It's Fried Green Pepper with Beef invading my nose with strong Star Anise smell. Nice though.



Normal day at the out-patient department today.

I hanged out with uncle colleague for lunch and he wanted to buy nice liqour for one of our professors, so I went along.

We found a small liqour shop by the roadside near our hospital. They seem to be selling things cheaper here than most supermarkets.



They have quite a selection of cigarettes with really WEIRD designed packaging. I was really surprised at how expensive these grass are...



They can go as high as RMB 500. I wonder what they put inside. Can someone enlighten me a bit.



Saw this beautiful gift pack. Isn't it nice to pour alcohol from an animal looking bottle? Makes you feel like you are in a cartoon.



Uncle is looking for 茅台酒 -Mao Tai Liquor. I have not a clue why this liquor is so famous. And apparently it has to come from the province of Gui - 贵州. I found this from the net:

Worldwide, most people will have heard of Maotai Jiu, a strong colorless liquor originating in Maotai in Guizhou Province. It has a production history of over 200 years, made from wheat and sorghum with a unique distilling process that involves seven iterations of the brewing cycle. This is the drink generally served in China to visiting dignitaries. Most famously, it played a supporting role in Chinese-U.S. negotiations leading up to the signing of the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972, with Henry Kissinger reported to have jested, “After a dinner of mao-tai and Peking duck, I'll sign anything.”

Quite impressive hoh? Mao Tai is as good as Peking duck! I want to try, too! Yo, speaking of Peking duck, I'm drooling already... gonna dream of it tonight. :-p

But there just no way I can buy it!
The one that has least percentage of alcohol is already 38%.



Then the one that Mountain East people normally drink is 42%.



And, as a gift, it can go up to 53%.



But still not as freaky as the 60% one. (Well, this is not a Mao Tai lah)



How to buy? The alcohol content is just WAY TO HIGH ok.

Most of my friends know that I can really drink and I've only got drunk once only during my psycodelic years in London.

I want to stress again: I can really drink. But I must say... I have to raise my WHITE FLAG to Mountain East drunkards.

This is how tough Mountain East lady drink:



With poise one!

This is how losers drink:



Like KIDS.