Today's word from Diary: nudge

2/13/2008
I went out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant tonight. I love shrimp fajitas. Shrimps are grilled with onions and bell peppers in a spicy and sweet sauce. Actually, fajitas were the first meal my husband made for me at the beginning of our relationship. Before he was introduced to Korean food such as Samgyupsal and Jabchae, tacos were his favorite food. Mexican food is deeply integrated into American cuisine.

After the meal, I got a cup of dessert coffee called a 'coffee nudge', and my husband got fried ice cream for dessert. I usually don’t get dessert, but I wanted to try the 'coffee nudge', which was described as hot black coffee mixed with Kahlua, brandy and whip cream. Kahlua is coffee-flavored liquor, and it is the only kind of alcoholic drink I like. Starbucks also produces a similar type of coffee liquor, but it is not as good as Kahlua. I liked my dessert, but I started getting curious about why the drink was called a coffee 'nudge'. Nudge means to push slightly. I guess it got the name because Kahlua, brandy, coffee and whip cream are gently mixed together.