Thirst-ay Thursday #1 - The Fire Bowl Tiki Haven

Hi loves,

Hope you all are having a great day! I'm still smiling about the great modern Japanese food I ate at lunch, but now I want a drink. No, not just water, but an alky one. Something sweet that would also make me blush a little.

Then I thought of the fun "Fire Bowl" at Tiki Haven Noriega in the Outer Sunset. Went there for the first time on Saturday after the Kulinarya Cookoff (recap coming). The passionfruit bowl was really yummy, and the best part of drinking on this particular occasion was that I was introduced to "King's Cup."

Truth be told: I was a PRUDE during my college years. Not very adventurous and didn't party too much. Sorry, when I was 23 I would have taken a glass of Pinot grigio over a beer pong game any day. When our drinking companion suggested we play, I initially turned it down fearing it would get me too drunk. I didn't want a repeat of my Domain Chandon trip last month.

I gave in and played...

...

Why is this [juvenile] game so effing fun?

I guess I'm too uptight and I need to loosen up sometimes. Life isn't your job. Life isn't your salary. Life isn't your reputation. Life is the time you spend with friends and family. Even if it means doing body rolls at the bar.

Wanna learn how to play King's Cup?

1. Take an empty glass and create a circle of playing cards around it. Make sure the circle isn't broken and they are all face down.

2. Make sure everyone has an alcoholic beverage. Each player takes turns and draws a card. Here are the meanings:

A - waterfall - the first person drinks and going clockwise every player starts drinking when the card drawer does. This person can stop drinking at anytime. Once the first person stops, it's up to the 2nd person to stop then the 3rd then the 4th then the 5th so on and so on. If you're last, you're screwed.

2 - you - card drawer picks someone to drink

3 - me - card drawer drinks

4 - whores - all females drink

5 - jive - card drawer stands and does a dance move. The next person does the 1st person's dance and adds their own move. The 3rd person does the previous moves and adds their own and so on and so on. The person who messes up or doesn't remember the sequence drinks.

6 - dicks - all males drink

7 - arms up to heaven - last person to raise both arms in the air drinks

8 - mate - card drawer picks a person to drink every time the drawer drinks. This rule ends once another person picks the next 8. Example - I pick my hubby to be my mate. If the person next to me picks 4 for whores, Hubby drinks because I had to drink. It doesn't apply for drawer however.

9 - rhyme - pick a word and next person's answer must rhyme. whoever fumbles answer drinks.

10 - categories - pick a topic and go around one by one answering with things from that topic. We have done countries, food, animals, etc. Whoever screws up drinks.

J - thumbmaster (my personal favorite) - card drawer places their thumb on edge of the table during any point of the game. It is important to pay attention. The last person to put their own thumb on the table drinks. Rule ends when person picks next J. The thumbmaster controls the game.

Q - Queen's Rule - card drawer can create ANY rule, except make themselves the thumbmaster. Be generic (names starting with vowels must finish half their drink) or get personal (Hubby drinks all his drink and gets another).

K - King's Cup - there are 4 Kings in the deck. Whoever draws the K must pour a little or a lot of their drink into the empty cup that you set up at the beginning of the game. Whoever draws the last K has to drink the contents of that glass. If there are a variety of cocktails, wine, and beer in the game, there will be an interesting elixir for the last person. The next game cannot start until the Kings Cup is empty.

Other rules:

- whoever "breaks" the card circle (creating a gap in between cards), that person drinks

- whoever draws the 8 mate card does not have to drink if their mate is required to drink.

- the thumbmaster or any player can call out another person if they see them place their thumb on the table if the thumbmaster hasn't. The "cheater" drinks.

- "drink" can be a sip, gulp, shot, whatever. The fire bowls are perfect because they're big and people can share. If using straws, the liquid must be seen going up straw.

So yes...I just posted about a drinking game. I am aware of that...but tell me why I want to play again. It's just hilarious how incoherent or dumb people can get when they drink lol. Like what?! You can't find a word that rhymes with cat and you're the 3rd person to answer?

Drink responsibly! Don't drink and drive!

xoxo,
Jo