5 bars where to get wasted this Saturday
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 22 August 2009
By: merja
1. Rock Bar Mother, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
A tiny bar with larger than life character. The bar functions on two principles: darkness and songs on demand. Here's how it works: Every time you order a drink, you get to order two songs from the eclectic and oh so amusing music catalog. As the bar is kept pitch black, it is impossible to read the song lists, so to get your order you have to use a light pointer pen to browse through the catalog. The cheepest way to get drunk is to drink white house wine but if you are not a big fan of vinegar, you might like to stick to Asahi.
Extra bonus: Hanoi Rocks posters in the tiny bathroom.
2. Schwarzes Cafe, Berlin
This bar's claim to fame are its opening hours: it's open 24 hours a day. After once researching the bar's extensive drinks menu for 14 hours, I can say without any hesitation that Warsteiner definitely is a decent beer.
3. Malay Tubay, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
My favourite bar in the whole world. Cover bands that don't make you itch and Red Horse beer that never runs out, served in a homey environment. I'm sure that not everyone gets the greatness of this bar but I simply love it. Perfect after a day of snorkelling and island hopping. Second street from the beach, Western end, off the main drag. Praised earlier here.
4. Loekie's, Arambol, Goa, India
The good old Loekie's! After going there for both breakfast and lunch you might as well get hammered at dinner - where else would you really want to go in stuffy Arambol? After the first day's initiation routine is performed, beers will appear magically on your favorite table as soon as you enter the bar again. Upon leaving Arambol the friendly Loekie's guys might be wiling to give you a free lift to the bus stop on the main road.
5. Kallion Kulma, Exodus and Kallion hovi, Helsinki, Finland
If you've always wanted to know how drunk is it humanly possible to get and still get served alcohol then Kallio, the nowadays trendy neighborhood of Helsinki, is the right address. These days Kallio hosts a range of loungy fish bowl bars but fortunately they have not put the cheapies out of business. All the above mentioned bars sell pints for 3 euros or under and there are many more, regocnizable by people passed out or throwing up near the entrance. Here's what happened last night:
A) In Kallion Kulma a plumpy mother of four asked me for directions to Exodus, a reggae bar on the other side of the street, best known for the coppers raiding it monthly for drugs. Fortunately she was in no hurry to get there so I had the pleasure of being let in on her son's collar bone injury, which put an end to his glorious future as an Olympic gold medalist in javelin.
B) I found some rare raw talent in a guy who sneezed so heavily that the table in front of him got wet. And he repeated it ten times! Thunder!
C) A dude so drunk he was falling all over the place attacked a contributing author to this blog for absolutely no reason. Of course the drunk got smashed.
D) A toughened ex-convict, also extremely drunk, gave me a lesson on how hard it must be for a young woman to be considered male.
E) A drunk woman sitting at Kallion Kulma's terrace offered entertainment money can't buy by first puking, then dropping her pack of cigs to the fresh pool and then finally picking up the vomit dripping cigs as nothing had happened.
F) Getting to experience all this only cost me about 18 euros. What a bargain!
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