On The Light Side

The following is an extract from my article for EGM Cigars. Read it in full here.

My first cigar experience was quite picturesque. My father and I were on the rooftop of a restaurant in Singapore just before sunset, drinking Old Fashioneds, when the waiter handed us a cigar menu. Knowing absolutely nothing about cigars at the time, I asked him to recommend something that was on the lighter side, and wouldn’t take too long to smoke as we had to venture down to dinner in an hour’s time. Cuban, handmade, 30-40 minute smoke time, and more on the medium size (“more intense than a light cigar but still mellow enough to pair well with a pre-dinner drink”). As he ticked off the boxes, he unveiled a Montecristo No. 3, and the rest, as they say, was history.

Read more on EGMCigars.com. Photography by @theexiledbrit.