How safe is it to have a cocktail in a nice restaurant/bar
Oct 3rd, 2014, 07:41 AM
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How safe is it to have a cocktail in a nice restaurant/bar
Will be traveling around Myanmar and Thailand. Should I be weary about having a drink with ice in nice restaurants and hotel bars? Or to be safe stick to beer?
i had no issues.....
Oct 3rd, 2014, 01:13 PM
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I can't imagine a trip to either place without a lovely G&T to cool down after a long day of trekking around.
Agree with the others. On the first trip I worried about it, but now that I've been all around SE Asia, I don't even think about it anymore--although maybe I should. Needless to say, I've never had any issues because of something I drank.
Generally speaking I find it's better to stay away from crushed ice...that's more suspect than the safer, factory made ice (the kind with the hole drilled in the middle of the cube).
Agree with the others. On the first trip I worried about it, but now that I've been all around SE Asia, I don't even think about it anymore--although maybe I should. Needless to say, I've never had any issues because of something I drank.
Generally speaking I find it's better to stay away from crushed ice...that's more suspect than the safer, factory made ice (the kind with the hole drilled in the middle of the cube).
Oct 3rd, 2014, 03:57 PM
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You're much more likely to get Burma Belly from what you touch. Make sure you use medicated hand sanitizer very regularly.
Before you eat or drink anywhere, have a wander into into the toilet. It's usually a good indicator about hygiene in the kitchen.
If ice in a drink is the regular cube shape then that should be fine. If it's an irregular Shaped chunk then I'd give it a miss.
The brewer's v.good.
Before you eat or drink anywhere, have a wander into into the toilet. It's usually a good indicator about hygiene in the kitchen.
If ice in a drink is the regular cube shape then that should be fine. If it's an irregular Shaped chunk then I'd give it a miss.
The brewer's v.good.
Oct 5th, 2014, 01:40 PM
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And if you get to Ngapali Beach look out for the signs at the beach bars "Barman's Ice here"
Also the cocktails at all decent hotels use "Barman's ice" and to date I have never suffered from having it in my G&T.
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Also the cocktails at all decent hotels use "Barman's ice" and to date I have never suffered from having it in my G&T.
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Oct 7th, 2014, 05:16 PM
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Thank you all! Hard to believe two more weeks and I'm off. Still couldn't decide on my five days in Yangon. Looks like I will use the time to relax and not run around, cause I will be doing that the next four weeks. Maybe the delta. Will see.!
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