COUNTERPOINT --For over a century, absinthe has been a forbidden pleasure for those of us in America. Romanticized for its potency and alleged hallucinogenic properties, it was the drink of choice for 19th century artists and poets such as the notoriously even-keeled Pablo Picasso.
The liquor has an exotic green flavor, and a delicious licorice taste. While best enjoyed in a Parisian cafe with a cube of sugar melted in from above, I believe that a warm sugarless shot in a backwater Cambodian bar can be just as pleasant. The Angkor What? bar in Siem Reap, loved by travelers since 1997, serves a drink called an "A Bomb," a shot of absinthe dropped into a cup of Red Bull; to quote Vincent Chase, "Good till your heart pops!" What's the use of leaving the country if not to enjoy liquors banned stateside?
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