Mekhong launch party

A few weeks back, my friends Minna Van and Christy Nguyen from Urban Bella Marketing Group invited me to the launch of a new alcoholic spirit, Thai Mekhong Whiskey. Busy as we all are (Minna is also the organizer of Vancouver Entrepreneur Meetup and I’m the organizer of VBM), we found ourselves both having to juggle multiple events. This launch took place at Sanafir, one of the Glowbal Restaurant Group’s most famous locations. Several other local bloggers and twitterers were invited, and while I couldn’t attend all of the event, I was impressed with the organization and the liquor itself (I had a chance to grab a couple of drinks while I was there).

The two drinks I sampled were the Sabai Sabai (which I soon learned was considered the Mekhong signature cocktail) as well as the Typhoon. While both drinks are refreshing, I found one of them (the Typhoon) tasted somewhat spicy (a flavor that not everybody is used to). The great thing is that I love sweet drinks and the flavor of both of these is pretty darn sweet. Overall, I really enjoyed the event and I wish I had had more time to stay for the whole event, but as I said, I was shuffling with the Meetup of Meetups. I’ll definitely be at the next Mekhong event if I score an invite!