Hmm. Not sure about the logic of the argument that vodka in any form can improve your memory, but given the dire state of mine these days I'm willing to give anything a go. So (apart from being a welcome reprieve from last week's turkey and family overload) the Shochu lounge on Charlotte Street came in very handy - it sells shochu, a Japanese version of vodka that comes in hundreds of flavours, including the raspberry one which is the memory-helping infusion. You can also get help for virility, depression, humour (sounds like a number of my dates should be paying this bar a visit...)
The website for this place is bloody annoying but the actual venue is great. Perfect lighting, a wicked gimmick in the form of a HUGE ice block that they use to make the drinks, lots of enticing reds and dark woods which (a) make you feel cocooned and safe and (b) make you want to stay for much longer than you probably should. Clever eh. I'm pretty keen to go back there and try out the restaurant that Shochu hides beneath - Roka, the sister restaurant to Knightsbridge's Zuma, which has had all sorts of mouthwatering reviews.
For the record, despite my eager raspberry shochu drinking efforts, I can't really remember what we did afterwards, but to my shame I think it involved doughballs.
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