Chiquito pours cocktails the Sex and the City girls would be proud of (From News Shopper) - News Shopper
Chiquito pours cocktails the Sex and the City girls would be proud of at The O2, Greenwich
11:08am Thursday 31st May 2012 in Freetime latest news By Nikki Jarvis
“And...suck” our cheeky photographer instructed us as we tackled the most gigantic margarita I’ve ever seen.
In true Sex and the City style we’d gone out for an evening of cocktails, naughty innuendos and gossip – and our snapper had gleefully stepped into the role of Samantha Jones.
Faced with a drinks list Carrie would give her right Manolo for, I knew instantly Chiquito, North Greenwich was going to show us a good time.
From the classic Woo Woo to a chilli margarita this buzzing Mexican restaurant offers 44 cocktails to pick from along with seven different kinds of tequila.
There are also nine varieties of sharing cocktails (£17.99 each), perfect for a girly night out with your besties.
We watched our expert barman create a small swimming pool’s worth of Strawberry Margarita and eagerly dived in.
Dangerously easy to drink, the ice-cold concoction swept us all back to our younger days of slurping Slush Puppies – but this time around they were certainly not virgins.
However, if you are unlucky enough to be the designated driver there are plenty of delicious sounding mocktails and milkshakes on the menu.
And although getting giggly and tipsy is a lot of fun, the atmosphere is so lively, warm and happy in this place it’s easy to get the same high with an Appletiser in hand instead of a Pina Colada.
The food is lush too.
To soak up our ocean of booze we ordered a plate of Sharing Nachos with melted cheese, jalapeño peppers, guacamole, sour cream and salsa (£7.99) as a starter – absolutely delicious.
I went for the Lazy Boy BBQ Pulled Pork Quesadilla with luxurious melted cheese and a fresh salad to follow (£7.49).
Listed as a lighter bite for smaller appetites, I was surprised at the generous portion.
Since going to Orlando, Florida and developing an unhealthy obsession with pulled pork, I haven’t been able to find anything that matched up to the Sunshine State’s smoky dish.
But my quest is over.
The melt-in-your-mouth pulled pork at Chiquito is absolutely to die for – so long diet.
In a way it’s quite a good thing I can’t afford Carrie’s mind-blowing wardrobe because right now I would be busting my Dior dress at the $1,000 seams.
It was worth it though.
If you haven’t seen your closest gal pals for a while I implore you to grab them and run to Chiquito at The O2 while the weather is still nice.
Summer wouldn’t be the same without a few cocktails, gorgeous food and great company in the city.
For more information visit chiquito.co.uk
SUMMER COCKTAIL RECIPES FROM CHQUITO
Bring a taste of Mexico to life at home this summer.
Chiquito has let Vibe into their tastiest little secrets.
Here are a few heavenly cocktail recipes to take a stab at.
The Birthday Cocktail
Ingredients
Eristoff Vodka 25ml
Cranberry juice 50ml
Lemonade 50ml
For a sharer multiply by three
Key West Cooler
Ingredients
Archers 12.5ml
Malibu 12.5ml
Eristoff Vodka 12.5ml
Midori 12.5ml
Orange juice 35ml
Cranberry juice 35ml
Classic Margarita
Ingredients
Jose Cuervo Gold 25ml
Triple Sec 12.5ml
Agave 12.5ml
Sweet & Sour 50ml
Salt 1g
O2 porn filesharers to be sent letters from film-maker - BBC News
O2 customers suspected of illegally sharing pornographic films made by Ben Dover Productions will begin receiving letters from the film-maker shortly.
The firm won a court order in March forcing O2 to pass on details of the owners of 9,124 IP addresses linked to illegal downloads.
The High Court has now approved the text of the message that will be sent.
Ben Dover has said its focus is on users who had uploaded films to others.
The commercial director of the firm - which is registered at Companies House as Golden Eye International - said that parties who "simply downloaded one film" would not be pursued.
"In our first letter we seek to find out more information regarding evidence of an infringement of our copyright," said Julian Becker.
"Depending on the response to our letters we will then decide our next action."
ThreatsIt is understood that recipients will be told what to do to negotiate a settlement, and will be warned that if they do not respond they could be found liable.
They will be given 28 days to reply after the judge said that a 14 day limit requested by Ben Dover was "unreasonable".
The firm was also told it could not specify compensation of £700 but should individually negotiate a settlement sum with each defendant.
The judge added that a threat to tell users it would ask the ISP to "slow down or terminate your internet connection" if they did not comply was unjustified.
A statement from O2 said: "We are pleased that the court has taken a robust approach and controlled the tone and content of the letter Golden Eye proposes to send to our customers. We are also pleased that the judge acknowledged the unique position we are in, and agreed that we have approached this issue in a reasonable way."
Adult contentThe action is the latest in a series of efforts to clamp down on online piracy.
US authorities shut down file-sharing site Megaupload in January and are attempting to extradite its founder and administrators from New Zealand to stand trial for copyright infringement and other related offences.
Courts in the UK, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy and India have also ordered ISPs to block access to a number of file-sharing sites over the past month.
While such efforts form an attempt to clamp down on a wide range of media piracy, Ben Dover suggests its sector of the industry has been particularly hard hit.
"Due to the nature of the way most consumers view adult content, the adult business has been affected far worse than mainstream film due to the fact that the pirates cannot replicate the cinematic experience of mainstream films," Mr Becker said.
"Our core business has been decimated by piracy and we are pursuing several projects in combating both the internet sites that facilitate online piracy as well as the end violators and the physical DVD pirates."
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