My love for frozen water is, I admit, perverse and reactionary. The Commonwealth Is Past Its Sell-By Date Cold As Ice Coke and Ginger Ale don’t taste half as good without ice and imagine pouring Nimbu Pani or Fresh Lime Soda without the sound of frosty cubes marbling into empty glasses. Reasons offered for this anti-ice sentiment include “you’ll fall sick,” “it will make you fat,” “it hurts my gums,” “it’s dirty,” “I don’t want my drinks diluted with ice,” to the Ayurvedic theory that iced water can slow down the digestive process.Įven if that were all true, there’s no accounting for the coolness factor. However, to me, ice is the jewel in the crown of cold beverages. I’m from India and many of my brethren ask for “water no ice” at eating places. In most cases, it is a presumptive gesture. Too often, I’m served water without ice at restaurants. And prior to the pandemic, I had once insisted that I preferred ice in my beverage at a pop-up Mediterranean kitchen though the staff had looked startled and somewhat hesitant. Previously at an Italian restaurant in Saratoga, I had made that same request, as well as at an Indian restaurant in San Francisco. Noting that the water had no clink nor sparkle, I smiled at the waiter after he had finished pouring, and asked, “May I have ice, please?” A waiter appeared with a cheery greeting and a glass pitcher and proceeded to pour water into our glasses. ![]() We were shown to our table at Redwood City’s LV Mar Tapas and Cocktails restaurant. ![]() INALIENABLE: REFLECTIONS ON INDEPENDENCE & BELONGING.Voices Column: Desi Roots, Global Wings.Give Me Water With Ice - Crushed, Cubed Or Chipped, Please! Close
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