Bourbon Tryst: Maker’s Mark and Woodford Reserve
Bourbons such as Maker’s Mark and Woodford Reserve are relatively rare in the Sanlitun North bar street area but tiny Tryst bar has both. Excellent tipples if you plan to leave some wit and/or wisdom on the bar-top typewriter — owner Shaun already has dozens of pages of patron key-punching and is not averse to giving a reading of the better stuff. He adds that Tuesday is the best night to visit for cocktail fans. As for the Bourbon, it’s RMB40 per serving for Maker’s and RMB60 for the Woodford.
Socket to me: Salud, Kro’s, or Goose & Duck for best outlet?
Socket to me...
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So, I just bought a new cord for my computer and one of the prongs is round and that generally makes it harder to find an outlet at restaurants, cafes, and bars. Just how hard is it? Less a matter of hardware and more a matter of the staff making an effort…
Goose and Duck: The waitress looked at my plug, then at the nearest outlet. No fit. She looked at the outlets on either side of that initial outlet. No fit. Her verdict: They had no outlets that could fit my plug. I then walked around the bar and within one minute found an extension cord with two outlets that fit. (The waitress otherwise did a good job.)
Kro’s Nest: Pretty much the same process. A waiter looked at my plug, then at a few outlets, and told me they had none that fit. I looked around and could not find any, either. Then I mentioned that on my last visit, there was an extension cord. He said he didn’t know where it was. I kept mentioning the extension cord and he eventually reached beneath the counter, felt around, and brought out a box that contained several adapters, including one that fit my plug. (The staff otherwise made its usual near-minimal effort.)
Salud: I wanted to quickly check my email and saw that none of the outlets nearby would fit my plug. The guy behind the bar — Ah Hui — and I looked around to no avail. Then he checked near the DJ booth and found a socket that worked. I had to move my computer near the door so the cord would reach the outlet, but it didn’t matter since I only needed to use it for a few minutes.
The result: The staff at all three places could have found an outlet that fit, but only one guy–and the one at the place where people are least likely to pull out a laptop–made that little bit of extra effort to do so. And that’s usually all it takes: A little bit of extra effort.
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