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The Balvenie Signature, a 50th birthday gift |
And today is Opposite Day.
Allen's on the Danforth |
So tonight we three lads are (finally!) heading down to Allen's on the Danforth near Broadview because they have just about the best scotch menu I have ever seen in Toronto - and their beer list is even longer. I've become Facebook friends with Iain in the meantime, but have not actually come face-to-face with him yet. Sarah knows him from life in Kitchener-Waterloo (which is where she met Alex and it's through her that I have come to be great friends with him) so he should be a great guy to know. It ought to be a hell of a night. If those heavy-looking clouds move out of here we might even get some patio time in.
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Fast-forward 6 hours and here are the pictures of the evening. We thought about sitting on the patio, but Allen's is a funny place and they really wanted us to order food if we sat out there. No worries, because we found an incredibly cozy place right at the very front of the bar and tucked ourselves in there for the duration. This led to a pretty cool thing that has never happened to me before: when the bartender brought us our scotch orders, he left us the bottles. Just like we were in an old movie. It was pretty freaking cool, let me tell you. Photographic evidence follows:
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I had The Balvenie, Iain's choice was the Dalwhinnie and Alex settled on the Glenfiddich. All inspired selections and all very much enjoyed. Alex and I paired ours with a couple of pints of Mill Street Organic beer. Delicious. I cannot wait until we do it again - it almost made it worth missing the playoffs for.
Cheers and happy Friday!
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