31 May, 2013

Southern Tea @ the Oxford

Posted in : Bars and Tasting Rooms, Bars in Raleigh - NC on May 31, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: cocktail, downtown, night life, peach, raleigh, review, southern comfort, spiced rum, sweet tea, the oxford

Southern Tea The Oxford (My Review) Downtown Raleigh $9 Because I am not a sweet tea fan, it may surprise you that I order cocktails that feature it anyhow. But in cocktails, you see, a little sugar never hurt. Okay, it sometimes hurts, but that’s not the case for the Oxford’s Southern Tea. It’s made
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18 January, 2013

Elements

Posted in : Dining in Chapel Hill - NC, Gin, Restaurants, Spirits on January 18, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: an, chapel hill, cherry sauce, chicken diablo, cocktail, cucumber, duck, elements, filet mignon, gin, highway 54 east, jersey white sweet potato, korean chili sauce, michael huong, old fashioned, oyster, pumpkin creme brulee, restaurant, review, service, southern comfort, tempura

elements 2110 Environ Way East Highway 54 Chapel Hill Website Entrees: $18 — $26 Opened in the fall of 2012, elements is a farm-to-table focused venture of Chef Michael Chuong’s. He opened ăn in Cary in 2006. I have never made it to ăn, but it’s always been high on my must-dine list, so I
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17 June, 2010

Southern Tea @ Blu Seafood and Bar (Durham)

Posted in : Bars and Tasting Rooms, Bars in Durham - NC on June 17, 2010 by : The Gourmez

Tags: blu cocktails, blu seafood, durham cocktails, peach bitters, southern comfort, southern tea cocktail

Southern Tea Blu Seafood and Bar Website My restaurant review Sorry, no pictures of this one. I really need to stop ordering iced tea cocktails as I’ve yet to be impressed by one, other than ye olde Long Island Iced Tea of course. I’m impressed by Firefly sweet tea vodka, mind you, but it’s better
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